Hi Corwin, I find myself in a peculiar position as my stable includes everything from vintage steel to electronic shifting "krabon" and spans mountain, cross and road race and touring... periodically I am around folks who are disparaging about the other clans/tribes in our bike nation, and depending on how vocal they are I either ignore them or gently remind them "at least the target of their ridicule is enjoying their ride".
My personal experience of prejudice is that it is born of ignorance, and the cure is enlightenment and shared experience, which unfortunately is only possible if the sufferer is willing. My advice then is to enjoy your ride, ignore the barbs from the ignorant, engage with the curious and be tolerant of those who get their "different" cycling jollies in whatever form they choose. Regards J. On Thursday, September 5, 2013 1:33:04 PM UTC-7, Corwin Booth wrote: > > I was trying to think of some clever reference to the Electric Kool Aid > Acid Test, but failed. > > Probably the *only* think I don't like about riding my Hilsen are the > occasional snarky comments about having imbibed in the Petersen Kool Aid. > Never mind that everyone knows that we drink miruvor, or that I just happen > to agree with riding with normal shoes, fenders, the "largest saddlebag > I've ever seen!" (that was another comment, not uttered in an entirely > friendly way), after years of experience... > > So I really want to respond by saying something about how this person or > that drank the clipless Kool Aid, or the skinny tire Kool Aid, or the > plastic saddle Kool Aid, and certainly the Karbon Kool Aid. But I never do. > > I'll bet other folks on this list have experienced this phenomenon... > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
