No, you and everybody else needs to not give a shi*t about what every one else things about them and their clothes and bike they ride. Be a strong individual and a trend setter not follower and have a f*ck you attitude and take pride in the fact that you ride more miles and up more hills then the people on bikes worth hundreds or thousands more then your walmart bike... "ya, i ride a wallmart bike, wanna race?" then smoke em. Thats the winning attitude. Sure machines just like humans have their limitations but I've seen weak cars and bikes smoke ones that have had waaaay more $ in them...good drivers. Same can be with bicycles
Originally Posted by
bleedingapple
Another issue that needs to be adressed is the elitism within many parts of the cycling community. The I am better than you vibe quite a few LBSs have. When I got back in to skate boarding I was lucky to find a super helpful and friendly shop but they are not always like that. Where I live there is around 15-20 bike shops and many have an atitude. Where I am from we only had 3 shops and 2 out of those three had a huge atitude too... So with that in mind and not even taking into account other riders on the street, would you as someone with limited funds and new to biking want to be seen with a walmart bike? Hypothetically it could be a sweet bike on par with say a kilo tt or surly and just having the walmart connections would instantly get you shunned. If we really want biking to spread we need to end that sort of BS... sigh... just my 2c.