Maybe the fashion side of cycling is going the way of Biopace chainrings. The hipsters of Williamsburg are giving up fixies for vintage mopeds, and Momentum Magazine can’t even find a couple male models for their Interbike runway show in Vegas. While it’s predictable that hipsters would rediscover the irony of fossil fuel burning vehicles, it saddens me that they’ll be using their Kryptonite locks and messenger bags to clog the roads instead of bike lanes. As for the male models, I have no problem with them. Former Varsity employee and friend of the shop Mikey used to strut around in bibs for World Cycling (though they airbrushed out his trendy tattoos). The good news is that if Momentum is unable to find even two guys to ride down a runway among the thousands attending a Vegas show, then maybe they’ll take the hint that people have lost interest in $70 Rapha scarves.
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