As a guy who laughed at spandex for years in my knee pads and long hair at the skatepark while polishing off a super gulp I've come a long way.

I succumbed to a freewheel in 1996. Good coaster brake parts were just getting harder to find. I chuckled at clipless pedals. I now run speedplays on a Trek T1. Even as of last year I had "one" wicking shirt and wore it only on days where it was about 25c or hotter. I rarely wear cotton on the bike these days.

I find myself buying a LOT of cycling specific clothing and looking at Castelli jerseys/jackets planning on riding deeper into fall and winter than I have before.

Surely there are some of you younger guys in here that have a few pairs of well worn skinny jeans that are forming some kind of roadie tendencies...watching what you eat a bit more. Buying a bike computer, maybe buying an aluminum bike etc.

Hipster ------------- me ---- Roadie

Have you been looking at the brightly coloured side of the fence as well?