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Re:Tell HN: Wear a Helmet by JoeAltmaier on Tuesday November 18, 2014 @06:28PM (#8627086)
Cool, glad that works for you. But the 'hipster' bike actually has lots of cool features, like repairable, light, faster, less problems with rust.
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Re:Tell HN: Wear a Helmet by cbd1984 on Tuesday November 18, 2014 @06:49PM (#8627187)
Can we define what we mean by 'hipster' bike? Because to me, it means "a fixie", and those just aren't appropriate everywhere.
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Re:Tell HN: Wear a Helmet by errantspark on Tuesday November 18, 2014 @07:36PM (#8627430)
Decent bikes from the as far back as the 60's mostly use standard threading and can be easily repaired with new parts. I ride a bike from 1971, it's quite light and fast, and like any bike that's properly cared for doesn't have problems with rust. $250 on craigslist.

One of the main advantages of buying used bikes is that people actually used to build bikes properly so they last 43 years with all stock parts.

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Re:Tell HN: Wear a Helmet by icebraining on Tuesday November 18, 2014 @07:05PM (#8627269)
hammock said "hipster bike shop", not "hipster bike".
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Re:Tell HN: Wear a Helmet by JoeAltmaier on Tuesday November 18, 2014 @07:12PM (#8627304)
Hipsters go to hipster bike shops to get hipster bikes?
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