cyclotaur wrote:One of the reasons some people go bike touring is precisely to occasionally escape the constant buzz, stereotyping and unwanted (for them) social contact of the city.
Quite so - I tour solo, and it's a pleasure to travel independently. I can largely choose who I interact with and when. But perhaps surprisingly, independent travel means I tend to interact far more with the people I encounter along the way - both locals and other travellers - than I likely would on touring with companions.
I don't always understand the attitudes toward 'pro gear'.
Apparently, its OK to go to a game of footy (maybe even kick the footy around with your mates beforehand) wearing a team jersey, but if you go riding wearing a team jersey you're a fred.
I wear my 20-year old pro jerseys with pride
But I agree that matching gloves/knicks/socks is a bit silly.
1994 Cecil Walker custom steel frame with Shimano Ultegra STi 2013 Baum Corretto custom titanium frame with SRAM Force
I think cycling is entirely non pretentions. How many real genuinely tough sports can you wind up chatting with current world champs and olympians in? As almost a matter of course?
i have one of the Ariostea ones and also a superconfex jersey, which is like a skinsuit now - i was really skinny back in 1990. or it might have shrunk.
I think cycling is entirely non pretentions. How many real genuinely tough sports can you wind up chatting with current world champs and olympians in? As almost a matter of course?
Most bike-sports (for lack of a better term) are like that.
I think cycling is entirely non pretensions. How many real genuinely tough sports can you wind up chatting with current world champs and Olympians in? As almost a matter of course?
If you want to see pretentious, just take up golf. A cyclist cries if he drops his bike, and a golfer thinks nothing of throwing his three grand clubs into a lake. Some times with his car keys still in the thing.
I think cycling is entirely non pretensions. How many real genuinely tough sports can you wind up chatting with current world champs and Olympians in? As almost a matter of course?
If you want to see pretentious, just take up golf. A cyclist cries if he drops his bike, and a golfer thinks nothing of throwing his three grand clubs into a lake. Some times with his car keys still in the thing.
Generalising from the specific - again. I think that's the biggest problem all round, actually (though I've heard some good golf stories over the years .)
I don't quite understand why some people seem to care so much about what anyone else says or does. Live and let live , I say !
Bit harsh to throw the whole bike when it was the $40 chain's fault... Although am I right in thinking this bicycle might not actually be his but rather a sponsor provided bike?
