Backwards Baseball Cap, will it make me look like a ******?
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Oh man, this is almost too good to be true.
But yeah:
1) If you think helmets and cycling caps are dorky, you might not belong in the roadie forum.
2) Why are you suddenly all worried about aerodynamics when you aren't doing "extreme" speeds?
3) There's a nice hybrid forum.
But in all seriousness, we're laughing at you, but we also don't really care. Do what you want. For what it's worth, I don't bother with a helmet if I'm cruising around with the family on a closed trail. But I'm also aware that it doesn't take much for a serious head injury. In fact, I had a good friend who was on a paved trail, rabbit jumped out, she hit the rabbit, massive impact on her helmeted head and STILL had a concussion. Oh and no, she wasn't doing "extreme" speeds.
But yeah:
1) If you think helmets and cycling caps are dorky, you might not belong in the roadie forum.
2) Why are you suddenly all worried about aerodynamics when you aren't doing "extreme" speeds?
3) There's a nice hybrid forum.
But in all seriousness, we're laughing at you, but we also don't really care. Do what you want. For what it's worth, I don't bother with a helmet if I'm cruising around with the family on a closed trail. But I'm also aware that it doesn't take much for a serious head injury. In fact, I had a good friend who was on a paved trail, rabbit jumped out, she hit the rabbit, massive impact on her helmeted head and STILL had a concussion. Oh and no, she wasn't doing "extreme" speeds.
2) I may not do extreme speeds but I go fast enough to justify being aerodynamic, besides, drag happens at any speed and I'd like to minimize it for endurance sake.
3) I don't ride a hybrid bike, nor do I bike in a hybrid fashion, I'll pass.
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backward cap is dumb. who can argue with that?
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+1. Some people do look stupid with a backward baseball cap on, but that's who wears it, not the way it is worn.
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That probably started in the gay community, too.
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1) I belong in the roadie forum because I'm a road biker
2) I may not do extreme speeds but I go fast enough to justify being aerodynamic, besides, drag happens at any speed and I'd like to minimize it for endurance sake.
3) I don't ride a hybrid bike, nor do I bike in a hybrid fashion, I'll pass.
2) I may not do extreme speeds but I go fast enough to justify being aerodynamic, besides, drag happens at any speed and I'd like to minimize it for endurance sake.
3) I don't ride a hybrid bike, nor do I bike in a hybrid fashion, I'll pass.
2) If you go fast enough to justify aerodynamic advantages, then you go fast enough to kill yourself because you weren't wearing a helmet.
3) Biking on paths only is kind of hybrid style, yo.
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2)Again, being aerodynamic is a factor with all speeds and also play a role in reducing drag when facing on coming winds(which I face frequently due to biking along a river). Do I need to spell this out for you, either way I'll humor you.. Take 2 cloned people riding at 25 kilometers per hour, who's going to fatigue first, the guy wearing baggy cargo pants and an extra long T-shirt or the guy with tight fitted clothes and an aerodynamic top?
3)People ride actual hybrid bikes on "roads" so what's stopping us from calling them roadies(with your logic)? Bottom line, the paths I bike on are all paved and are heavily used by "road bikers." In fact, I'll see hundreds of bikers with road bikes on the paved path and 10% of "road" bikers on actual roads, I dare you tell tell them they are hybrid bikers
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Sooner or later, this thread will self-destruct.
They always do.
They always do.
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You asked for opinions, and got them. Arguing back just shows you didn't want opinions, only validation. I hope your stance proves valid, and a fall doesn't make you an invalid. Wait, that's dishonest. I don't care either way.
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I got a couple noteworthy opinions, the rest was just blatant trolling(which I didn't ask for). You don't care? On the contrary, you cared enough to showed up in my thread!
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Rather than start a new thread - seeing as this one is so full of win....just a couple of minor things I need cleared up.
Do I wear my jocks on the inside, or outside of my bib-knicks when I'm pulling a Sagan-esque mono and can I attach my bell to my wrist, or does it have to stay fixed to the handlebars???
What about when taking a selfie on the bike - do I have it in the big ring, or is the 39t okay?
Do I wear my jocks on the inside, or outside of my bib-knicks when I'm pulling a Sagan-esque mono and can I attach my bell to my wrist, or does it have to stay fixed to the handlebars???
What about when taking a selfie on the bike - do I have it in the big ring, or is the 39t okay?
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If it must be a baseball cap(backwards), then make sure it is an officially licensed product of Major League Baseball. Anything else is just a cap.
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Best thread I've found here so far!
i have a feeling this is going to be needed:
i have a feeling this is going to be needed: