The cycling enthusiast world is full of folks who you'd think SHOULD feel self-conscious, but apparently don't. Obviously, you could easily fly under the radar on your Riv if you constantly ride with those guys who wear jerseys that depict, ya know, some crazy-looking lizard playing an electric guitar or the like.
On Jan 18, 12:57 am, Grant Petersen <[email protected]> wrote: > Related to "self-conscious" comments > > Last weekend I was up on the mountain at the halfway up hangout spot where > most people (me too) usually sit and talk. I had my 58650B AHH with bags > front and rear, and my friend had his Bleriot. There were four or five other > riders there on normal bikes, and one guy said to us, "You made it up here > on those?" > It was a compliment to our toughness. Then he said to his friend, "THose > bikes are hard to ride. They're steel, you know. THey're HEAVY. I have a > bike like that. I love that bike--it's an old Nishiki. I keep it in the > shed." > > I never know how to respond to that, but I said, something like, "You know, > they aren't that much different, and once you put a rider on the bike, the > actual frame weight difference becomes unimportant, and we're going to ride > down on trails, so that's why we have thicker tires..." > > But there's just such a huge misunderstanding about stuff. > > The point is, the bikes may look fancy to you, or to us, or something, but > to most people, they look like the bikes they don't ride anymore, or the > bikes they had as a kid or something. > > A Glorius, maybe not so much, but any of the others just look like > skinny-tubed obsolete technology. I bet at least twenty riders on this > list have been told, "I had a bike like that one when I was a kid..." > > No need to feel self-conscious! > > Best, > > G > > -- > Grant
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