This second part of your post (which you added whilst I was quoting your original) would appear to contradict the first part.il padrone wrote:
There have been as many pejoratives against non-lycra riders by certain (many) posters as there have been negative comments by human909, so please don't go down the 'accusation' path. Remember the continuous references to POBSOs, riders with 'beards and long socks'?? Let he who is without sin.....
Show of hands - who cycles in lycra?
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Re: Show of hands - who cycles in lycra?
Postby warthog1 » Mon Feb 18, 2013 7:27 pm
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Re: Show of hands - who cycles in lycra?
Postby il padrone » Mon Feb 18, 2013 7:44 pm
Not really sure why you say that??
My first point was about the benefits to all cyclists of encouraging more people to ride bikes. More people will ride bikes if they don't need to gear up in lycra. Have a look at the large numbers that are out riding - commuters in the inner suburbs, recreation riders on a Sunday with families on the bike paths. I have said all this in an earlier post.
The second part? Sometimes people get are getting bit over-enthusiastic about their thoughts and feelings and bag other viewpoints. This is happening on both sides of this discussion - yet only certain people are being accused of negative stereotyping. Please don't accuse me of negative stereotyping of lycra riders - I am one myself!
My first point was about the benefits to all cyclists of encouraging more people to ride bikes. More people will ride bikes if they don't need to gear up in lycra. Have a look at the large numbers that are out riding - commuters in the inner suburbs, recreation riders on a Sunday with families on the bike paths. I have said all this in an earlier post.
The second part? Sometimes people get are getting bit over-enthusiastic about their thoughts and feelings and bag other viewpoints. This is happening on both sides of this discussion - yet only certain people are being accused of negative stereotyping. Please don't accuse me of negative stereotyping of lycra riders - I am one myself!
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Re: Show of hands - who cycles in lycra?
Postby human909 » Mon Feb 18, 2013 7:55 pm
I'm sorry if you are confused. It it really isn't that complicated.roller wrote:i'm so confused!
That isn't what I said!roller wrote:so on one hand, wearing lycra makes motorists hate you.
Nor is that what I said! (I simply stated that I hadn't felt that I personally had been treated differently. Which is a completely different point!)roller wrote:on the other hand, wearing lycra doesn't change the way you're treated by motorists.
Please explain this negative bias.warthog1 wrote:Personally I am sick of reading negative bias from a particular poster, about Lycra and what it supposedly says about those who wear it.
Numerous times it has been pointed out to you that this negative bias against lycra by some posters is a figment of your imagination. I have numerous times been accused of various things that are quite frankly incorrect.
I wear Lycra and I find you continuing hostility absurd.
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Re: Show of hands - who cycles in lycra?
Postby warthog1 » Mon Feb 18, 2013 8:07 pm
il padrone wrote:Please don't accuse me of negative stereotyping of lycra riders - I am one myself!
What made you believe I was accusing you of negatively stereotyping lycra clad riders?
I have been reading the thread
OK but that doesn't address my point, which was that the thread addresses negative lycra stereotypingil padrone wrote:My first point was about the benefits to all cyclists of encouraging more people to ride bikes. More people will ride bikes if they don't need to gear up in lycra. Have a look at the large numbers that are out riding - commuters in the inner suburbs, recreation riders on a Sunday with families on the bike paths. I have said all this in an earlier post.
If you see it that way you are misreading the issue completely [/quote]
in response to;
This bit then appears to say that those who don't wear Lycra have been commented on negatively so it counteracts the negative comments by 909.warthog1 wrote:Perhaps it was, If so it was a point that needed to be made. Personally I am sick of reading negative bias from a particular poster, about Lycra and what it supposedly says about those who wear it.il padrone wrote:I don't believe that this thread was ever intended to be just a "chat about lycra", but someone trying to prove a point
Yet I am misreading the issue?
il padrone wrote: There have been as many pejoratives against non-lycra riders by certain (many) posters as there have been negative comments by human909, so please don't go down the 'accusation' path. Remember the continuous references to POBSOs, riders with 'beards and long socks'?? Let he who is without sin.....
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Re: Show of hands - who cycles in lycra?
Postby warthog1 » Mon Feb 18, 2013 8:10 pm
Given your long history of anti lycra BS, this statement out absurds anything I can think uphuman909 wrote: I wear Lycra and I find you continuing hostility absurd.
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Re: Show of hands - who cycles in lycra?
Postby human909 » Mon Feb 18, 2013 8:23 pm
The only "long history of anti lycra BS" is in your imagination. I have stated many times directly to you that I am not anti-lycra! I am an advocate of cycling of all types and forms. Most prominently I advocate cycling for the masses and cycling as a form of transport.warthog1 wrote:Given your long history of anti lycra BS, this statement out absurds anything I can think up
Personally I:
-road cycle wearing Lycra cycling clothing
-road cycle wearing non-Lycra clothing
-socially cycle
-commute cycle
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Re: Show of hands - who cycles in lycra?
Postby Mulger bill » Mon Feb 18, 2013 9:52 pm
And that'll be the end of that, before someone types something that they will regret.
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