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And the next craze is...
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Cool, I take it there will be lots of cheap low mileage singlespeeds available next year then B-)
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"Students! Not spent all your loans yet? Noticed how small and walkable the city is? Get back to yesterday, fixies! The 1980s are back!"
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I noticed the other day that the socialist capitalist empire is listing a few Bromptons on their website now, too. Maybe that's a craze that's spreading from London; they used to sell Birdys and the odd Dahon and Ridgeback - and the GoCycle - but folders never seemed to be quite their thing.
There is a vintage Ruption BMX hanging in my garage, with the edges of its stunt pegs ground away at a rather entertaining angle. Hasn't seen flatland for years though.
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Came out of work the other day to find myself parked between two nice Raleigh 3 speeds. The caprice I see there regularly; the other one was red and a slightly older model perhaps?
I'm not sure about a three speed myself (although the Kona Africa bike is_very_ tempting), but the raleigh elegance with 5 speeds looks quite impressive.
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@ arellcat - socialist capitalist empire - China has a bike co-op website?
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Newcrazewaitwhatwhat? Grrr, I haven't even had time to do the last one.
I would hazard a guess BMXery would be amusing in the snow?
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Not that new a craze, K. Dahon put out its Hammerhead bike in 2006 in the Japanese trend towards compact 20" wheeled rigid bikes. Wasn't a fixie though.
As for other crazes, we had yo-yos. Then it was Tamagotchi, then I suppose it was mobile phones for primary school children.
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@Arellcat you forgot Global Hypercool t-shirts and Pogs.
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Oh yes I had one of those tee shirts. they changed colour when warm.
I'm a little older & recall walkmans and silly long chains hung from you're trousers with you're keys on.
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Space Dust.
Hubba Bubba.
Pagers.
Snakebite and Black.
Mountain Bikes (v.1 hardtail, rigid forks).
Pony tails.
'John Lennon' shades.
Glow sticks.
iPods.Posted 12 years ago # -
mountain bikes with 29 inch wheels
cupcakes
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I loved space dust
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Hula-hoop, then Hula-hoop and now... Hula-hoop!
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@kaputnik and DaveC, I had a Hypercolour t-shirt too. I think it turned from dark blue to light blue. I remember the 'Hyper' bit stopped working after lots of washing machine cycles and it became permanently light blue. Most of the time the t-shirts looked like a failed tie-dye experiment.
There was another craze in the 90s where you wore your trainers with the tongues in front of the laces.
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This thread is starting to sound like a Peter Kaye gig.
What were those things which were like pogs (and came in crisps or Yop or something) but which could be joined together into vaguely molecular shapes via notches in their rims?
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(not an answer to wingpig's q)
Florescent socks
sweatbands (wrist and head)Posted 12 years ago # -
Bricks
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Silicone rubber wristbands with silly phrases printed on them.
Copper bracelets.
Loafers.
White trainers.
Podcasts.Posted 12 years ago # -
White trainers.
There are plenty places where white trainers are always in fashion!
White trainers.
I've only recently discovered podcasts. I like being able to fall asleep listening to Melvyn Bragg's soothing tones as some expert or another explains the moon to me.
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Transgression park opened just at the right time?
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Clackers
Starsky n Hutch woolly cardigan wrap-around things
Draft Guiness in a bottle with a syringe that you used to put a 'draft' head on it.
Clogs
The Sony Elcaset
George Best football boots with side laces.
The Ronco LP holder
Hawaiian shirtsI could go on...
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Hawaiian shirts
Ssh! Don't mention that infront of anth!
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Hawaiian shirts
I was going to mention them, and maybe Chinos too. But then they've kinda become 'classics' in some way, like Adidas trainers or Converse All-Stars...
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Hawaiian shirts = classics.
Ha ha. Ha ha ha ha. Now that's a classic. Lucky you apostrophised it.
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World Cup Coins
Felt tip pens
Ten speed racers
Cresta
Spud guns
Mini Moultons
Propelling pencilsPosted 12 years ago # -
Zoobombing is another new craze, so BBC say. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-15591350
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I have neither clackers or clogs any more, but I do have several hawaiian shirts lurking in my wardrobe.
@Tom : world cup coins. Oh yes! Were they from Esso petrol stations, IIRC? I had a full set, which was quite impressive given that we never had a car...
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