If you could only read one paper in your life, you better make it the New York Times. It is, in my opinion, the only publication to truly capture the essence of a city held in such admiration by so many around the world. They don’t do it with elaborate graphics, or by following the current trends adopted by their competitors. They set the trends and they have the best editorial content you will find. Like fixie riders; they never coast.
Case in point, a new audio slide-show on a weekly gathering (peel sessions) of fixie riders under the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway. Photographer Raymond McCrea Jones captures some riveting shots of fixie riders as they perfect their tricks under the overpass, while we listen to John Watson speak about how this movement has exploded on the scene. As Watson mentions a few times in the piece, this fixie lifestyle reminds me so much of the beginnings of skateboarding. What was once an underground movement is now getting attention from everyone; with fixies being sold in hipster-wannabe stores, to riders getting sponsorship deals and putting out videos. These kids are pushing the limits of what was previously thought impossible bikes with no brakes (see nose-manuals). Just like skating was when I was young, these fixed gear bikes are here to stay, and kids are only going to get better and crazier as more people fall in love.
More great images after the jump, or listen to the audio here.
Ante says: 
