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ha. i see them every sunday on the LES walking back from dim sum. the crowd that gathers is even more comical.
perhaps I'm gay, but i think that that has potential to be fun
Only in the East Village. When rollerblading first became popular, a bunch of guys started a basketball league wearing those things. I'm guessing on the same courts.
Thats some serious hipster steeze right there.
I played several times a few years ago, it was a good time. I also had several good crashes as I tangled with the opposition.
well, you are such a hipster, so this makes perfect sense. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by InspectorGadget
can someone tell me what the cards in the spokes signify?
All the fixies in denver seem to have them.
Is it just steeze?
At least the could set them up to make it sound like a motor like kids used to do with baseball cards
It has become steeze... The cards are from races and various single speed hipster events.
It is like collecting patches from all of the mountains you climbed and then sewing them onto your jansport.
and here i thought they were just updated versions of spokey-dokes
Ray Charles never played for the Toronto Maple leafs.
One of the local bike shops here used to have a bicycle crash-up-derby.
Get in the ring, and ram your bike into everyone else's, until there's only one rider left. You should practice that there.