http://brokelyn.com Food, restaurants, shopping and cheap fun on a budget in Brooklyn NYC Mon, 20 May 2013 20:13:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://brokelyn.com/is-it-wrong-to-like-this-bike/ http://brokelyn.com/is-it-wrong-to-like-this-bike/#comments Thu, 16 Jul 2009 11:12:18 +0000 Faye http://www.brokelyn.com/?p=4450 Read More]]>
Suppose you read on a blog somewhere that Urban Outfitters is now selling these highly customizable single-speed rides, made by Republic, for $399 (roughly the cost of an entry-level hybrid or cruiser). Suppose you found yourself experiencing deep longing for the machine, which lets you choose the color of the frame, seat, handle grips, chain and wheel rims, and even reverse the back wheel so you can actually coast, which you can’t do on a proper fixed-gear bike. (Granny moment: WTF not?) Suppose you also noticed purists dumping all over the bike and wondered, is it wrong to like it? Is the butch vibe of single-speed bicycling somehow emasculated by a cobalt-blue chain and matching handgrips? And if you’re man enough to go single-speed, are you supposed to make it yourself from recycled junkyard parts? Even though you’re not serious about buying one, you might ask a bicycling blogger, Brooklynbybike‘s Anita… Read More]]> http://brokelyn.com/is-it-wrong-to-like-this-bike/feed/ 10