Postby outnabike » Wed Jan 16, 2013 11:22 pm
[quote="g-boaf"]. Fear of lycra is just a lazy cop-out, /quote]
It is beginning to look more like a divisive way to frame a point of view. Insulting other members, with remarks like that have the intent to offend, without doubt.
These types of attacks, on supposedly other members of a community promoting cycling, are a blatant attempt to get applause from your own peers, but are without merit and divisive.
It has been stated by others, that there is an undeniable perception that there is a nasty element among the Lycra wearing cyclists. That perception is nowhere more evident than in the mindset of such posts.
This whole thread is not about whether Lycra is good or bad, but rather the perception of the person quoted in the OP, and that person’s view of the character of some of the wearers of the Lycra being the less sensitive of riders in her eyes.
I don’t really care one way or the other what others wear, but there is a public downside to wearing of the full kit, and that’s how the general public sees the issue. If you don’t believe that, consider who coined the phrase “LYCRA LOUTS”. It was certainly not the cycling public.
If that offends you, why are you doing your best to offend members of the cycling fraternity.
Whilst I know nothing of Lycra, if my wearing of it is necessary to show that I am not a "lazy, fearful cop out" is to me offensive and unnecessary.
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