Mission Mission

Hey what do Google, cheese, authentic consumer electronics, and now “fixed gear bicycles” have in common? They are all hard to come by in China.

Poor Nie Zheng (pictured) had to wait his entire life to complete his Mission hipster look:

‘It’s been a dream since I was a kid to get a bicycle like this,’ the 40-year-old fashion photographer told me. ‘But no one sold them here.’ It took nearly nine months, he said, to get a track bike he wanted sent from England in 2007.

Someone throw a benefit show for these guys, already.

(via Slate)

Previously:

Kevmo goes to China

How To Drink From a Bag o’ Brew

One Response to “Chinese Hipsters Are 40+”

1. Good Morning Mission – Mission Loc@l -- San Francisco Mission District's News, Food, Art and Events says:

   April 22, 2010 at 5:32 am

   [...] vigilant for hipsters in our world, Mission Missionistas yesterday spotted a Chinese hipster wannabe north of 40.  By nightfall, the Americans had taken [...]
2. MUNI: Speed or Seniors – Mission Loc@l -- San Francisco Mission District's News, Food, Art and Events says:

   April 22, 2010 at 11:41 am

   [...] vigilant for hipsters in our world, Mission Missionistas yesterday spotted a Chinese hipster wannabe north of 40. By nightfall, the Americans had taken back [...]
3. Buenos Días Distrito de la Misión 22.04.10  | MissionLocal: Spanish Language Version says:

   April 22, 2010 at 4:18 pm

   [...] Mission Missionistas, quienes siempre mantienen los ojos abiertos en busca de hipsters en nuestro mundo, identificaron [...]
4. Nozer says:

   April 22, 2010 at 11:06 pm

   That guy is clearly Mulato!