Fixies invade Paris

[thwart]

Interesting article.

Fashion trend flows from the US to the center of culture 'du monde', instead of the reverse.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/29/fashion/fixed-gear-bicycles-head-overseas-to-paris.html

[keevon]

Looks about right...

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2011/09/29/fashion/29BIKES3/29BIKES3-popup.jpg

Paris, welcome to 2004!

[Fixed]

i never understand the riding on your tiptoes thing
cheers

[ultraman6970]

The pedaling is faster, thats the main reason of it.

[pavel]

Seeing as this article is in the NYT, it's probably about 2 years late to the party, just as Paris, like most of the urban US, is pulling its head of of its collective ass, putting away the cracked carbon front wheel and looking for a new design to cover up that NOBR AKES knuckle tattoo.


edit: ctrl-f "zen" not found!

[tannhauser]

Ah, well that's the western world and to be expected.
The Chinese have re-adopted the bike as status symbol.
You can bet fixies are a part of it.