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Post by drewcandraw on Feb 26, 2016 12:54:50 GMT -6
That's a Penny Farthing. My bikes were built a few miles up the road, just north of the California border in Ashland. quick google brings up DeSalvo cycles? Damn I kinda want their Ti cross bike lol |
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Post by bentin on Feb 26, 2016 13:03:25 GMT -6
That's a Penny Farthing. My bikes were built a few miles up the road, just north of the California border in Ashland. quick google brings up DeSalvo cycles? Damn I kinda want their Ti cross bike lol Ha, yep. Mike's first class. Steve Potts is a legend and not far from Davis and Kish is close to DeSalvo and they both work with the UCI frame builders school. You can't go wrong with any of them, or with ti.  |
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Post by whiskeyriver on Feb 26, 2016 13:16:41 GMT -6
The town I was born in and where my dad went to school. Davis has always been about fixies man. I mean, the OG fixie is the town logo after all!  I need to look for my picture when I hopped onto the one in front of the bike Museum. Davis was supposedly the most bike friendly community in the world but I say otherwise, got hit by a car/truck while in college there. My group of friends and I became known as the fixie crew that sat and did tricks in front of the CoHo. Not sure if you went to UC Davis, but it was the coffee house so we really were hipsters haha. Nope, went to University of Florida. But I know exactly where you're talking about haha. |
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Post by MiddleAge on Feb 26, 2016 14:18:31 GMT -6
I hope that we aren't treated differently based on our clothing. We are all judged by our appearance but that shouldn't effect how we interact with strangers. Honestly I think much stronger stereotypes revolve around the kind of car you drive than the clothing you wear. Not everyone that drives a Porsche is an ass and not everyone that wears sweatpants in public is ignorant.I KNOW A PERSON FIT PERFECTLY THESE DESCRIPTIONS. I SEE HER EVERYDAY AT MY HOUSE. (so fuxxing in the dog house tonight) |
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Post by gaseousclay on Feb 26, 2016 14:31:55 GMT -6
another nitpick of mine is how one presents themselves in formal settings versus just not giving a sh*t. I'm thinking more along the lines of when one has to wear a suit. I've seen so many guys in ill fitting suits that look either too frumpy, or maybe their shoes are scuffed to hell/unshined, or they don't know how to color coordinate. I don't care if you're wearing a Kiton, Isaia or Canali suit or if it's some cheap suit from Target or the thrift store. If the suit don't fit you must acquit. I would give far more credit to the guy with an inexpensive suit but who looks like he's trying, but not the guy who has an expensive suit and didn't bother getting fitted correctly. Or do I just sound like a crotchety old bastard? Jeesh, now I sound like the guys over at AAAC.
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Post by MiddleAge on Feb 26, 2016 14:35:16 GMT -6
I'm talking about my interactions with Americans... And furthermore, I would say 99% of Japanese have TERRIBLE fashion. A little known fact is that Japanese dudes are (Generally speaking) shockingly cheap! So much so, to the point that they don't even date/have sex/marry/have kids for fear of having to share their money or take away money from their hobbies... SERIOUSLY. Sadly, the latter part of your statement is true. I have a Japanese cousin who is single/unmarried with no kids and he does nothing but play pachinko. He does it because he thinks women are expensive. It's a sad, pathetic existence imo From where I came from... (somewhere in Asia), many of the beautiful girls are showered by gifts (cars, diamonds, watches, and others) and even some above average one have high expectations from normal guy (such as me). I can understand why some Asian guys want to hide in the room and just play video games. |
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Post by stinky on Feb 26, 2016 14:44:03 GMT -6
another nitpick of mine is how one presents themselves in formal settings versus just not giving a sh*t. I'm thinking more along the lines of when one has to wear a suit. I've seen so many guys in ill fitting suits that look either too frumpy, or maybe their shoes are scuffed to hell/unshined, or they don't know how to color coordinate. I don't care if you're wearing a Kiton, Isaia or Canali suit or if it's some cheap suit from Target or the thrift store. If the suit don't fit you must acquit. I would give far more credit to the guy with an inexpensive suit but who looks like he's trying, but not the guy who has an expensive suit and didn't bother getting fitted correctly. Or do I just sound like a crotchety old bastard? Jeesh, now I sound like the guys over at AAAC. Should those people give a shit just to please you? Maybe we should have mandatory clothing color-coordination classes in elementary school. Same with sizing. Or maybe someone should offer the-world-doesn't-revolve-around-you instruction. |
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Post by gaseousclay on Feb 26, 2016 14:53:40 GMT -6
another nitpick of mine is how one presents themselves in formal settings versus just not giving a sh*t. I'm thinking more along the lines of when one has to wear a suit. I've seen so many guys in ill fitting suits that look either too frumpy, or maybe their shoes are scuffed to hell/unshined, or they don't know how to color coordinate. I don't care if you're wearing a Kiton, Isaia or Canali suit or if it's some cheap suit from Target or the thrift store. If the suit don't fit you must acquit. I would give far more credit to the guy with an inexpensive suit but who looks like he's trying, but not the guy who has an expensive suit and didn't bother getting fitted correctly. Or do I just sound like a crotchety old bastard? Jeesh, now I sound like the guys over at AAAC. Should those people give a shit just to please you? Maybe we should have mandatory clothing color-coordination classes in elementary school. Same with sizing. Or maybe someone should offer the-world-doesn't-revolve-around-you instruction. yes, they should, and the world does revolve around me. |
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Post by MiddleAge on Feb 26, 2016 14:56:58 GMT -6
Go back to the subject. I am "trained" to look at people attire when I was working at high fashion retail store in Asia back in my HS days. I scanned a "potential customer" when he/she came into the store in this specific order: Watch > Shoes > Leather Goods (bag, belt, wallet), jacket, shirt, bottom. I worked on commissions and the process did me well.
To this day, I invest my wardrobe in the same order. If I am wearing a nice watch, LV bag and a pair of Shell boots, people will think my outfit is expensive as long as it fits well on my body. Frankly, my outfit normally cost nothing (at least lately) since I am dirt poor...
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Post by devastitis on Feb 26, 2016 14:57:00 GMT -6
another nitpick of mine is how one presents themselves in formal settings versus just not giving a sh*t. I'm thinking more along the lines of when one has to wear a suit. I've seen so many guys in ill fitting suits that look either too frumpy, or maybe their shoes are scuffed to hell/unshined, or they don't know how to color coordinate. I don't care if you're wearing a Kiton, Isaia or Canali suit or if it's some cheap suit from Target or the thrift store. If the suit don't fit you must acquit. I would give far more credit to the guy with an inexpensive suit but who looks like he's trying, but not the guy who has an expensive suit and didn't bother getting fitted correctly. Or do I just sound like a crotchety old bastard? Jeesh, now I sound like the guys over at AAAC. Should those people give a shit just to please you? Maybe we should have mandatory clothing color-coordination classes in elementary school. Same with sizing. Or maybe someone should offer the-world-doesn't-revolve-around-you instruction. Wish this was taught in schools. Kids are so self-entitled these days, it's bonkers. |
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Post by gaseousclay on Feb 26, 2016 14:57:14 GMT -6
Sadly, the latter part of your statement is true. I have a Japanese cousin who is single/unmarried with no kids and he does nothing but play pachinko. He does it because he thinks women are expensive. It's a sad, pathetic existence imo From where I came from... (somewhere in Asia), many of the beautiful girls are showered by gifts (cars, diamonds, watches, and others) and even some above average one have high expectations from normal guy (such as me). I can understand why some Asian guys want to hide in the room and just play video games. my cousin lives in a hick town in northern Japan and he's single by choice. I agree that there are societal pressures in Asia, especially Japan, to marry and have kids, but my cousin chooses to spend all his money gambling. my relatives think he's a deadbeat, especially my mom |
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Post by devastitis on Feb 26, 2016 15:03:48 GMT -6
From where I came from... (somewhere in Asia), many of the beautiful girls are showered by gifts (cars, diamonds, watches, and others) and even some above average one have high expectations from normal guy (such as me). I can understand why some Asian guys want to hide in the room and just play video games. my cousin lives in a hick town in northern Japan and he's single by choice. I agree that there are societal pressures in Asia, especially Japan, to marry and have kids, but my cousin chooses to spend all his money gambling. my relatives think he's a deadbeat, especially my mom Probably is, but Asian culture is kinda insane. At least in Korea, if the man can't afford to buy his own place, he usually can't get married. It's customary for the man to buy the place, and for the woman to pay for the wedding. But on the flip side, I see a lot of people being forced into marriage by the parents because of unplanned pregnancies. Korean society deems women to be no longer desirable once she's pregnant, so the woman's parents will force the marriage. |
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Post by exophobe on Feb 26, 2016 15:16:52 GMT -6
Wish this was taught in schools. Kids are so self-entitled these days, it's bonkers. You say these days, but I'm pretty sure the dudes who tanked the economy about ten years back were around their late thirties to early 50s at the time. Wreaking havoc on a global scale to sate ones own greed is pretty damn self-entitled if you ask me. |
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Post by exophobe on Feb 26, 2016 15:20:14 GMT -6
From where I came from... (somewhere in Asia), many of the beautiful girls are showered by gifts (cars, diamonds, watches, and others) and even some above average one have high expectations from normal guy (such as me). I can understand why some Asian guys want to hide in the room and just play video games. my cousin lives in a hick town in northern Japan and he's single by choice. I agree that there are societal pressures in Asia, especially Japan, to marry and have kids, but my cousin chooses to spend all his money gambling. my relatives think he's a deadbeat, especially my mom Is there still a strong aversion to seeking out mental health help in Asian cultures? Your cousin sounds like he's pretty severely depressed. I'm intrigued to hear more about this Japanese hick town, though, it's one of those things you never realize about other cultures -- that they too have an equivalent to big pickup trucks and chewing tobacco. |
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Post by gaseousclay on Feb 26, 2016 18:20:09 GMT -6
my cousin lives in a hick town in northern Japan and he's single by choice. I agree that there are societal pressures in Asia, especially Japan, to marry and have kids, but my cousin chooses to spend all his money gambling. my relatives think he's a deadbeat, especially my mom Is there still a strong aversion to seeking out mental health help in Asian cultures? Your cousin sounds like he's pretty severely depressed. I'm intrigued to hear more about this Japanese hick town, though, it's one of those things you never realize about other cultures -- that they too have an equivalent to big pickup trucks and chewing tobacco. I don't know what sort of mental health services, if any, are offered in Japan. I just know there exists the pressure to marry and have kids at a relatively young age. When I was single and in my 20's my mom would occasionally tease me for those things. She even went so far as to suggest that I marry a Japanese girl from the country. She somehow thinks Japanese women are immune to divorce or other marital problems. But, she's old fashioned that way and her crappy experience with my dad made her change her views towards Americans. Could be my cousin is depressed. I really don't know or care at this point. My mom relays all this info to me when I talk to her but what she's really doing is comparing my accomplishments against my cousin's. It's typical Japanese bragging, and they really do like to brag. Where you went to school, what kind of job you have, the car you drive, etc., are all important. Of course, not all Japanese people are like this but I've been around them a good portion of my life and found it to be true. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2016 19:04:51 GMT -6
That's a Penny Farthing. My bikes were built a few miles up the road, just north of the California border in Ashland. Indeed it is, and by design, fixed gear. IE Original fixie. Haha. More of a direct drive really, with no benefit of gearing at all. |
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Post by highlights on Feb 26, 2016 19:27:40 GMT -6
The style + substance consideration/balance/reality is, of course, subjective. Without substance, all the greatest style won't matter, imo. Hopefully, we develop substance & this is complemented w/ style , no? IMO, personal style is GREAT - so long as it's underpinned by substance. Many/most folks make calls based on appearance & style...the human condition etc.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2016 20:30:39 GMT -6
Sadly, the latter part of your statement is true. I have a Japanese cousin who is single/unmarried with no kids and he does nothing but play pachinko. He does it because he thinks women are expensive. It's a sad, pathetic existence imo From where I came from... (somewhere in Asia), many of the beautiful girls are showered by gifts (cars, diamonds, watches, and others) and even some above average one have high expectations from normal guy (such as me). I can understand why some Asian guys want to hide in the room and just play video games. Japan, Korea, China and Hong Kong don't appear to be that way, in my humble 3 years of experience. To the best of my knowledge, it's the more 3rd World-esque Asian countries, like Thailand, where you pay a "dowry" if you want a girl |
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Post by brentkuz on Feb 26, 2016 21:33:56 GMT -6
Looking over at AAAC and I saw this and quickly closed my browsers (well after saving the image) Trad hero Ginsberg  |
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Post by brentkuz on Feb 26, 2016 21:34:40 GMT -6
Go to Russia tons of mail order brides.
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Post by exophobe on Feb 26, 2016 21:48:55 GMT -6
Looking over at AAAC and I saw this and quickly closed my browsers (well after saving the image) Trad hero Ginsberg I was wondering why most of the ties were tied crooked like Ginsberg's there. Perhaps it's a goal to have a weird crooked knot. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2016 22:00:03 GMT -6
Looking over at AAAC and I saw this and quickly closed my browsers (well after saving the image) Trad hero Ginsberg Trad hero = frumpy intellectual. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2016 22:03:20 GMT -6
One of the funniest...err, troubling threads I'd seen on AAAC was about wearing white after Labor Day. It went on and on for days.
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Post by disheveled on Feb 27, 2016 8:29:47 GMT -6
ickes The millionaire next door is great book--I love the stat about the % of first generation immigrants who are wealthy compared to the national average, and how their born/raised in USA children revert back to the mean in 1 generation. "Your money or your life" is also an empowering book. I'd think the fit/design of the work/western shirt has a big influence--construction workers don't tend to wear fitted clothes (I think loose/baggy) on how the man in the get up is viewed. As was said earlier, how one wears the clothes is probably the most important factor. Body language, posture (are your hips and shoulders collapsed inward--yes too often for me) communicate to others on a guttural level who you are to the world--Foundation Training I found to be a postural game changer! The idea of the "high/low" concept (if you are straying too far into the construction worker look) just sliding the shoes up the formal scale a notch should squelch that. There is a definite grey area between looking well put together and looking like douche. Great topic OP
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Post by brentkuz on Feb 27, 2016 8:33:13 GMT -6
I'm a fan of dressing preppy especially in summer and out to dinner etc. Rhode Island is kinda imbedded in the coastal summer time tradition no doubt. But to go as far as to swear off jeans and classic Americana pieces.
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