Let me Wikipedia that for you: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fop
Olof's got an excuse: "Fop", as a somewhat pejorative term for a fashion-conscious dandy/dilettante, appears to be a primarily English language term. A "fop chariot", obviously, is a vehicle used to convey a fop around. Back in the day, it was probably something like a hansom cab or a Berlin, driven for the fops by some gin-soaked lower class lout. BSNYC's implication is that now, it's an expensive shiny bike which is never ridden more than two miles at a time: The distance from the condo to the hipster brewpub, or Whole Foods, or that cool new Uzbek-Ecuadoran fusion cafe. In his area, he's probably not completely wrong. He wouldn't be wrong in the Mission these days; probably not in large parts of Seattle, LA, Chicago, Austin or Boston, either. For a bike/Riv tie-in, WP's See Also: list includes "hipster". Each of us might examine our own conscience, to draw whatever conclusions are appropriate. Peter Adler who sees a lot of Rivs locked to racks in front of pricy bars and fancy supermarkets, right next to the fixies in Berkeley, CA/USA On Wednesday, March 29, 2017 at 1:10:45 PM UTC-7, Chris Birkenmaier wrote: > > Ok, read the link. Still don't know what a "fop chariot" is. Enlighten > the clueless among you. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
