holy-moly:

Rebels Without a Hog: Inside Brooklyn’s Moped Gang

“Cassette tapes, typewriters, vinyl records, NES consoles. The reclaiming of forgotten technology is every hipster’s siren song. Mopeds are no different, and the vintage bikes are forming better meatspace communities than most iPhone apps.”

These Mopeds remind me of the type kids in France drive (or used to last time I went there). They used to strike me as the least cool vehicles ever but I guess they just came full circle. Apparently “Almost every major city in the U.S. boasts at least one moped gang” although i think in this case they are using the term ‘gang’ when ‘club’ might be a better fit.

I would be temped to use one of these on holiday if I could find a car hire or motorbike hire company who offer them - they look like they would be good fun. I’m not sure people in my home town would see the irony though - I might get laughed off the road.