I feel fortunate living here in Portland. People don't bat an eye at seeing a fendered bike, including high end road bikes. And with so many local frame builders it's not so uncommon to see nice lugged steel bikes on the road. Also, people seem to have a passing awareness of randonneuring so they see someone on a bike like mine and just figure I'm some randonneurd. Which I am. Kind of. Sure, there's some smug road jocks here, but by and large the vibe is more like "I'm on a bike. You're on a bike. Cool. Have fun."
--mike
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