Now you might think of the people who ride a penny-farthing as sort of annoying on account of it’s a penny-farthing, but let me suggest finding them annoying because they ride fixies
Now you might think of the people who ride a penny-farthing as sort of annoying on account of it’s a penny-farthing, but let me suggest finding them annoying because they ride fixies
it isn’t. the apocryphical story is that was introduced by caribbean immigrants to NYC who had to use their personal bikes and as such figured anything you didn’t need is cost up and also they were used to riding fixies from the velodromes and it spread from there.
Bike Messengers still often have to use their personal bikes, there’s definitely an economic incentive there. But honestly I figure it’s mostly subculture