I was having a difficult day. Well, make that a hard week. A disgruntled customer at work, accusatory meetings, dire economic news, massive job losses in the US, an impending deadline for a massive document, and an unwanted trip to Sacramento, the unhappiest place on Earth. Then, today, I realized that I needed an oil change on the Supersport to go on the Cupcake Ride tomorrow.

Wrenching on the bike on a Friday afternoon after a hard week is not my idea of fun. And I didn't have any crush washers, nor enough 20W-50 oil. Damn. And the only available option is Munroe Motors. It's only two blocks away, but it's overpriced. Of course, I'm not going to get Ducati crush washers from Scuderia or Cycle Gear. And as much as I love Desmoto, Darren kind of looks at me funny when I ask him to get me parts. So Munroe it is.

I rode my bicycle over there, wanting to get the parts quickly and get the job done. The parts guys were pleasant to deal with, but I still cringe at the idea of spending money there...especially with the prices they charge for oil (it's still $40+ for 4 quarts of synthetic?) As I was buying the oil, I saw a dumb hipster fly by in the Valencia St. bike lane on a moped...a hipster on a moped: how original.


I left Munroe and started riding home on Valencia. Mid-block between 14th and 15th, just outside Four Barrel Coffee, an SFPD motorcycle cop had the hipster pulled over. He had his helmet off, with his faux-hawk waving in all its idiotic glory. I slowed down so I could listen. The cop had stopped the hipster for riding in the bike lane like an idiot. And he was citing him for not having even an M2 endorsement on his license. I rode by, was tempted to laugh out loud at the trust fund baby, but just decided to smile and enjoy the moment

I don't think Darren minds selling you parts...

...but I guess that's just more crush washers and oil for me.

Joe, that was probably the single most uplifting phone call I ever got in my life!!! Feel free to call me any time you are privy to hipster idiocy.

WTF, mang?  Why so much hate?  Especially for someone who didn't do anything at all but be a stereotype.  And how do you know he's a trust fund baby?     I'm starting to worry.  You spend enough much time being angry with Mission yuppies and hipsters that it might help your blood pressure to move out of the Mission and into a neighborhood that has no gentrification whatsoever.  There are some fine examples in Oakland.    Don't get me wrong.  I get as annoyed by hipsters as the next person, but seriously . . . . 

As for riding in the bike lane, yeah, you're not supposed to do it.  But you're not supposed to ride on the sidewalk either and that's never stopped any of us.   

Quote from: Spidey on December 05, 2008, 08:44:38 PM
WTF, mang?  Why so much hate?  Especially for someone who didn't do anything at all but be a stereotype.  And how do you know he's a trust fund baby?     I'm starting to worry.  You spend enough much time being angry with Mission yuppies and hipsters that it might help your blood pressure to move out of the Mission and into a neighborhood that has no gentrification whatsoever.  There are some fine examples in Oakland.    Don't get me wrong.  I get as annoyed by hipsters as the next person, but seriously . . . . 

As for riding in the bike lane, yeah, you're not supposed to do it.  But you're not supposed to ride on the sidewalk either and that's never stopped any of us.   

Spidey defending the hipsters...I guess there's something new every day

But seriously...I was thinking more of duckwrench when I saw it. Too frickin hillarious.

BTW - Some funniez...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAO4EVMlpwM

I figure that if a bicycle isn't in the bicycle lane then it's open season on that little stretch of real estate.   

I love hipster comeuppance. Gives me a warm IZ_.

Call it an ego trip, but as a scooter rider I feel somewhat superior to Puch bike-riding hipsters. If you're gonna pedal something it'd better be a bicycle!