> There are a bunch of young people here (and in many other cities, too) > who emulate the look of bike messengers. Expensive track bikes, > messenger bags, rolled up jeans, hoodies (in cool weather), they ride > around looking cool and hip. Some of them hang around with couriers > (almost like groupies) and attend courier events, and others just ride > about, looking for all the world like messengers - except for the most > part their bikes are a bit too expensive and they themselves are a bit > too clean. > > Many couriers derisively refer to them as Fakengers or Hipsters. > Personally I have no problem with them; actually I think it's > flattering that they find "the look" attractive, and besides, anything > that gets people on bikes is a good thing: > > http://mondociclismo.blogspot.com/2009/04/hipster.html > > BTW, the "title photo" for the blog features real messengers, scroll > down to see The Hipster... > > Comments always welcome.
Nice shot. There's a lot of that in London, too. It's a cool look (for people who are at least half my age). Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
