A few weeks ago, Instagram came out for Android phones (finally!) and I've (of course) become addicted. I was scrolling through it this morning and a guy who photographs his bicycle designs was being featured and I spent far too much time scrolling through his pictures. They are beautiful.
Fixed gear bikes are amazing. Their design is so clean, no messy wires and excess glamour. The beauty is in the simpleness of the bicycle, the basic frame and the tires. Everything on the bicycle is necessary for it to function and it doesn't need anything else. Yeah, some of them have a paint job or neon colours on the tires, but it's still focused on the basics.
There are few things in todays society that are like that. Look at cars, for example. Also a mode of transportation, but they are anything from the basic frame. Sun roofs, rims, lifts - you name it, it's been added onto a car. Same with every day objects we use: phones, computers, clothes, toothbrushes, kitchen utensils. Hardly anything is simple anymore, and I think that's where the beauty is in a fixed gear bike.
I mean really...try to tell me these aren't perfect.
This cruiser is what happens when you mix a classical-styled bicycle with a vibrant color pallet Hermosa Beach.
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Design doesn't have to be just about simplicity though - or sometimes designing something for a certain purpose means it can't be as "simple" if you designed with a different purpose in mind. So the bikes you picture above are pretty bare bones, but I could never own one of these, since my bike needs to fit in my tiny apartment. I do have a full-size single speed, but it's a folding bike, so it has a little more to it. But in terms of design that fits the space I have, it's perfect.
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