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I see it every day a hipster on a 10 speed. Why do they all have the same taste in bikes? You would think that one of them might change it up and get a mountain bike or maybe a beach cruiser... Please if you are a hipster, please get a little originality!!!
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By 10 speed bikes, I'm assuming you mean road bikes since any sort of bike can be arranged with 10 speeds. For instance my first bike as a kid was a mountain bike and it was a ten speed. The certain type of bike you are referring to that 'hipsters' tend to ride is a fixed gear (as mentioned above) Fixed gears have become very trendy especially in larger cities were there happens to be more of an urban scene. Some reason they might choose these over mountain bikes beach cruiser are due to the fact that they are
A. relatively easy to work on and can be easily "customized"
B. are super lightweight in comparison and typically faster than a clunky mountain bike or beach cruiser.
Have you ever ridden over 25 mph on a beach cruiser?
C. the bikes are normally built from old steel road bike frames which are not only normally cheap but they also give of a "vintage" vibe
Also as a a college student, avid cyclist, and daily bicycle commuter, it worries me that someone would even joke about running bikers over, no matter how you classify their appearance or "style".
By 10 speed bikes, I'm assuming you mean road bikes since any sort of bike can be arranged with 10 speeds. For instance my first bike as a kid was a mountain bike and it was a ten speed. The certain type of bike you are referring to that 'hipsters' tend to ride is a fixed gear (as mentioned above) Fixed gears have become very trendy especially in larger cities were there happens to be more of an urban scene. Some reason they might choose these over mountain bikes beach cruiser are due to the fact that they are
A. relatively easy to work on and can be easily "customized"
B. are super lightweight in comparison and typically faster than a clunky mountain bike or beach cruiser.
Have you ever ridden over 25 mph on a beach cruiser?
C. the bikes are normally built from old steel road bike frames which are not only normally cheap but they also give of a "vintage" vibe
Also as a a college student, avid cyclist, and daily bicycle commuter, it worries me that someone would even joke about running bikers over, no matter how you classify their appearance or "style".
What were those heavy steel-framed kids bicycles called that they had in schools back in the early 80s?
dutchboy80
Not BMX-- they were made completely of solid metal (even the seats) and were very "clunky". A lot of kindergartens had them for the kids to use at recess.
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Hm. There was no such thing as a commercially produced mountain bike until about 1985, so I'm going to assume that is not what you mean.
The predecessor of a mountain bike was called a "clunker" which were made out of older balloon-tired bikes. Then there was the "lightweight" which included a variety of different bikes including the Schwinn Varsity, many different 24" and 26" wheeled bikes with single speed, 3 speed, 5 speed and 10 speed... some even had 12 speed!
Of course, there was the 20" bike which included BMX bikes and those called by a variety of names including "high rise", "spyder" and "Sting Ray" models.
All of the bikes of this era and prior were heavy compared to today, but in my opinion much more care was taken to machine and assemble them which makes some of those 30 and 40 pound bikes MUCH friendlier and more efficient than many 20 pounders today.
Hm. There was no such thing as a commercially produced mountain bike until about 1985, so I'm going to assume that is not what you mean.
The predecessor of a mountain bike was called a "clunker" which were made out of older balloon-tired bikes. Then there was the "lightweight" which included a variety of different bikes including the Schwinn Varsity, many different 24" and 26" wheeled bikes with single speed, 3 speed, 5 speed and 10 speed... some even had 12 speed!
Of course, there was the 20" bike which included BMX bikes and those called by a variety of names including "high rise", "spyder" and "Sting Ray" models.
All of the bikes of this era and prior were heavy compared to today, but in my opinion much more care was taken to machine and assemble them which makes some of those 30 and 40 pound bikes MUCH friendlier and more efficient than many 20 pounders today.
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