Obey Fuji

nah its different because of the content of their work, i know its stupid to hate people for "selling out" or what ever and we could go about it all night, but the fact is marc eko's work was about "getting up" and carhart is a brand. where as fariy is a cock who creates loads of anti-capitalist anti-govt work (full of plagiarized and copied stuff which is art in its own right, without recognizing any of the original artists) then does campaign adverts for the next president of america and other less than savory characters like coke, nike and record companies, and now hes trying to make a quick buck on the latest trend, and the end product doesn't even look that nice.

Didn't marc ecko graffiti on air force one?

You shouldn't get so angry about stuff like that. I wouldn't be too surprised if Shephard Fairy, if that's his real name, set out from the get-go to make money from anti-capitalism. Cos he knows that young/trendy people think it's cool.

Cynicism rocks.

So?

He's gone the way of Marc Ecko, and gone all 'legit' (not that he really wasn't already). This is no different really to the puma/carhart bikes. Except that it is far more appealing than either of those!

Didn't marc ecko graffiti on air force one?

You shouldn't get so angry about stuff like that. I wouldn't be too surprised if Shephard Fairy, if that's his real name, set out from the get-go to make money from anti-capitalism. Cos he knows that young/trendy people think it's cool.

Cynicism rocks.

nah that whole air force one was a fake set up by him to create publicity. with fairy i dont know if he had honest intension's or not, but he keeps on trying to defend his actions as if there is nothing wrong with pasting up images of people who fought for civil liberties whilst at the same time making adverts for a company which those who were fighting for civil liberties called for a boycott of. that to me smacks of hypocrisy.

Hypocrisy? You don't say. :P

It's all about money.

The bike looks awesome for an off the peg. How much are these going for anyhoo? I guess the thing is that by the time you've tweaked it enough to make it your own you could have spent the cash on something no one else could put together - and isn't that most of the fun? Is for me.

£750 ish too much

It really isn't a bad bike, just the price is ott. Forget what it represents and its quite a tidy bike. To the majority of people who see bikes as just bikes... this will be a nice bike that they will enjoy until they read this thread and seed a little bit of uncertainty. I'd recommend doing as you will & not caring about people that vomit when they see the bike

has anyone seen the new O9( langsters? they fucking hideous. Tokyo, Las Vegas, San Fran (not bad actually) ny and seattle again. only mentioning this cause the gold bits on the vegas and they look like rubbish.

has anyone seen the new O9( langsters? they fucking hideous. Tokyo, Las Vegas, San Fran (not bad actually) ny and seattle again. only mentioning this cause the gold bits on the vegas and they look like rubbish.

I thought the original 09 Langsters look nice.

they release a new version of the NY and Seattle one in different graphic?

£750 ish too much

No, £9,000 is too much*

*the gold Charge Plug.

has anyone seen the film that obey got its styling, ethos or whatever from. it's called 'they live' and it's awesome!

I don't like all this uber-hip Him X Her X The Cats Mother crap, but if one wanted to buy an 'investment' bike for whatever silly reason, then this would be a safe bet the way Fairey's work is going.

has anyone seen the film that obey got its styling, ethos or whatever from. it's called 'they live' and it's awesome!

unfortunately i didn't have the misfortune of seeing the gut wrenching, repulsive one at the Rathbone place branch,instead i saw the same one at the Waterloo (cut) branch and had to buy it,my friend you really need to get out more its only a bike!!!!

i am obsessed with the stem on the fuji obey.

Try therapy, getting in a fight, getting laid, or opiates.

you offering your services?

i saw one recently and just wondered which aspect of 'form and function' led fuji/obey to drill this bike for a rear brake but not a front.

Apparently they're not drilled for a front brake. I saw a guy on one at Old St roundabout the other day and we chatted on the way round - seems that he had to fir a weird hub brake to his. Looked nice, though, but not my cup'o'tea.

To clarify, he didn't "fir" a hub brake, but sensibly fitted one instead. It's much more effective.

i saw one recently and just wondered which aspect of 'form and function' led fuji/obey to drill this bike for a rear brake but not a front.

This perplexes me too.

The fork can't even be successfully drilled for a brake (as Shootthebreeze will attest), so why have a brakehole on the back?

Should probably have read this before posting...

i saw one recently and just wondered which aspect of 'form and function' led fuji/obey to drill this bike for a rear brake but not a front.

Apparently they're not drilled for a front brake. I saw a guy on one at Old St roundabout the other day and we chatted on the way round - seems that he had to fir a weird hub brake to his. Looked nice, though, but not my cup'o'tea.

I actually saw him as well, I thought that was bizarre.

Yeah, each to their own, but if I'm buying an £800 off the peg bike, I don't want to go and have a wheel re-built on day one. It did look nice, though.

that'll be shootthebreeze on here, it has a drum front brake.

saw one of these in evans canary wharf as well. complete with double straps. pretty safa girl said whomever bought it would probably take them off and that she'd give me a ring if they leave the doubles with them. what a doll. do like the bike but for that price, fahgettaboudit.