No offence Gonefishing. Good for you with the 1k+ miles so far. Well you use the bike, don't you? All I am trying to say is that some people own something and never use it. Many of us know someone like that. I picture a rodie riding hard and maybe training for something or riding for fitness. I am gonna piss off alot of people here. A guy spends 3-4000 bucks on a bike and ride it once or maybe twice a month is not a rodie. More time is spending waxing the thing then riding it. These are the same guys that talk about bike set up (for racing), stem length, and frame flex and Geometry and on and on. I call them recretational riders who like to spend money on cool stuff. They can't even ride in a straight line.

After all it is only a word.