Cafe racers at the "Ace" and thoughts on hipsters

This thread is a retard. 3 people fighting over what shit band predates what shit band. there is a reason 145 people know those band exist....the word suck comes to mind. its like watching a game played by music d&d nerds.
 
bradj said:
This thread is a retard. 3 people fighting over what shit band predates what shit band. there is a reason 145 people know those band exist....the word suck comes to mind suck. its like watching a game played by music d&d nerds.
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Thank you for response, your feedback is valuable to us. Although music is important to some people, we respect that Dungeons and Dragons might be more important to you. Carry on.
 
buckeyebike said:
So, is it still cool to like old bikes? I wan to be cool.
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No sorry not cool at all.
Let me know when I can come by with a trailer and clear out your collection to make you cool again
8)
 
Just pm me an address, ill come by real late at night so as not to be a nuisance ;)
 
carnivorous chicken said:
Thank you for response, your feedback is valuable to us. Although music is important to some people, we respect that Dungeons and Dragons might be more important to you. Carry on.
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FTW
 
Its your lie nerds, ::) tell it however you want. wake us when your done fighting about the brand of guitar picks used by the damned.

was it better in 77?
 
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This is like like listening to engineers at work speak, what sounds like ancient greek mixed with street slang Thai. At least you guys don't ask my opinion, but I would reply with a blank stare full of WTF.
 
There's kind of a lot of us on this forum, and many of the doods who are described in the rant from the op (including my own hipster ass) end up passing through DTT sooner or later. If this new breed of novelty steam punk brat style bike shouldn't be called a cafe racer (and I agree, when have any of us in SoCal been to a cafe?) let us be the ones to collectively pick the new name, here, and start it. Clearly some of us can be convincing in the matter of labels and vernacular (see the vinyls/records debate).


It's funny that I had read this today. Last night I went to a flat track race for the first time, and I felt like the biggest moron in my selvedge jeans and redwing boots. It looked like they were handing them out at the entrance, along with flannel shirts, and shaving the sides of people's heads. There's definitely a uniform in this scene, and it's certainly humbling to walk into an event where 300 other guys are just as "unique" as you are.
 
AndrewDoesHair said:
There's kind of a lot of us on this forum, and many of the doods who are described in the rant from the op (including my own hipster ass) end up passing through DTT sooner or later. If this new breed of novelty steam punk brat style bike shouldn't be called a cafe racer (and I agree, when have any of us in SoCal been to a cafe?) let us be the ones to collectively pick the new name, here, and start it. Clearly some of us can be convincing in the matter of labels and vernacular (see the vinyls/records debate).


It's funny that I had read this today. Last night I went to a flat track race for the first time, and I felt like the biggest moron in my selvedge jeans and redwing boots. It looked like they were handing them out at the entrance, along with flannel shirts, and shaving the sides of people's heads. There's definitely a uniform in this scene, and it's certainly humbling to walk into an event where 300 other guys are just as "unique" as you are.
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Hahah this was the best read in this thread so far
 
AndrewDoesHair said:
There's kind of a lot of us on this forum, and many of the doods who are described in the rant from the op (including my own hipster ass) end up passing through DTT sooner or later. If this new breed of novelty steam punk brat style bike shouldn't be called a cafe racer (and I agree, when have any of us in SoCal been to a cafe?) let us be the ones to collectively pick the new name, here, and start it. Clearly some of us can be convincing in the matter of labels and vernacular (see the vinyls/records debate).


It's funny that I had read this today. Last night I went to a flat track race for the first time, and I felt like the biggest moron in my selvedge jeans and redwing boots. It looked like they were handing them out at the entrance, along with flannel shirts, and shaving the sides of people's heads. There's definitely a uniform in this scene, and it's certainly humbling to walk into an event where 300 other guys are just as "unique" as you are.
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As the OP I would like you to point out my RANT.
I posted a link to a blog to invite debate and to see if you guys read the piece the same as I did. That ultimately the blogger wasn't bothered that a bike is a cafe, brat or whatever as long young people were taking an interest in bikes.
As far as I'm concerned thats a good thing and I wish I was young enough to be a said hipster. I'm 53 yrs old and just built a brat style that goes against my ultimate desire of what a bike should be. I built it because I could and the donor bike was readily available. My ultimate bike would be something like Drewskis H2 however they are very expensive to buy and run over here and its not possible on my budget.

I dont care for labels on bikes, a bikes a bike a bike. If you need a label go buy a jar of jam.
If people people are gonna drive on though DTT because they dont like the label on their bike or their lifestyle I suggest the visit their therapist.

Guess this was the rant you were alluding too.
 
Oops, I meant no offense. Not the rant from the OP, the rant on the link in the original post. I don't care what people do, or what they want to call what they do. But I was serious when I mentioned feeling like an idiot for thinking I was unique, walking into a flat track race wearing the jeans and vintage eBay score leather jacket that both come standard in the hipster starter kit...
 
Man I grew up in Seattle/Tacoma, so logging boots, jeans and flannel are what I've always worn. Grew up in a timber company family, that also raised cattle and drove horse drawn equipment. I get a kick out of seeing "Suzy Cream Cheese and Willy White Bread" playing dress up in my everyday type clothing. Not saying that label fits you, but seeing work clothes and a $100 "high and tight meets 82nd Airborne meets faux-hawk" at every event is getting dull...

Or the new riders "discovering" German military winter uniforms make great riding gear. Best woolen fabrics out there, excluding Norway/Finland/Sweden, where it actually gets cold...

All four of the bikes at my place share a mixed bag of labels: broken, scrap metal, parts junker, project, etc... broken being the common theme.

We sure get off on some strange side paths at this forum... I like it.
 
AndrewDoesHair said:
Oops, I meant no offense. Not the rant from the OP, the rant on the link in the original post. I don't care what people do, or what they want to call what they do.
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Hands up I did get a bit carried away. Its a pet peeve of mine when guys usually my age denigrate, maybe to strong a word, how young people act or dress forgetting they were that age once.

AndrewDoesHair said:
But I was serious when I mentioned feeling like an idiot for thinking I was unique, walking into a flat track race wearing the jeans and vintage eBay score leather jacket that both come standard in the hipster starter kit...
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Been there, done it, felt it. Many will do so again and again, its very rare some unique movement style or whatever makes an appearance, however we dont always know that when we are young and fresh.
 
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