Okay, i get it. Biking is great. I bike, i don’t drive or take the bus even… but don’t you think it’s a little much to turn a simple mode of transportation into some sort of protest movement. Noone is against bicycles, don’t act as if its some artistic expression that’s being opressed. I stopped in my tracks to see a multicolored bike mounted on a telephone pole, as some sort of art piece, with pieces of paper reading things like “bike on!” etc etc… what about feet?? does anyone walk anymore? I don’t see any feet related sculptures down at NSCAD. get over it… its just a way of getting around.
PS, what the hell is up with the seats being so high… Are hipsters legs getting longer everyday, or is discomfort part of the bike movement.
This article appears in Oct 9-15, 2008.
I was with you until the seat part. That’s actually the proper height to allow (almost) a full leg extension and get as much energy into the pedal as possible.Most people in this city ride around with their seats way too low and they are going to get knee problems. Also grease your chains people!
Agreed. Your leg should be almost at a full extension on your downstroke. This is for city riding mind you, by all means lower your seat if you ride hills, its easy to go over your bars with a high saddle.But OP you are right. Hipsters and hippies hijack things I like and empty all the respectability from it. For example: grassroots democracy, protesting, Camera Obscura and TV On The Radio, tofu, abstractionism.Hipsters especially, sucking all the depth and honesty from art and driving up the price of Pabst Blue Ribbon and Olands.I would love to be involved with more environmental efforts if it weren’t being run by imbecilic hippies. They chase me down the street trying to bring awareness of their cause, but the only thing they bring awareness to is the fact they are too hairy, they smell like sweat, they wear found clothing and annoy me enough not to want to take part and associate with them.