Originally Posted by scrapser

Last summer I visited one of the local bike shops in DC (City Bikes). I forget why I was there but in conversation I eventually mentioned I owned a recumbent. The salesperson immediately asked me if I was an engineer which I found perplexing. I asked why he wanted to know and he told me because I didn't have a beard. He said all recumbent riders are either engineers or have a beard. Strange world we live in.