Originally Posted by timmhaan
what was elitist about that? i said i consider 25 miles a good healthy ride.
He's happy he did a 25mi ride, and then you come along and say "its nothing to brag about", well guess what, for someone who hasn't been riding long or isn't in the best shape, 25 miles is a BIG DEAL, and you're going to turn people off to the sport if you don't encourage them.
Seriously, if a friend who was relatively new to cycling came up to you and said "hey I just did 25mi last night!", would say "thats nothing to brag about" to them? I hope not. I'm still struggling to find ANYWHERE where you said 25mi is a good healthy ride. You qualified your statement 2x about it being a "good ride" with "for a working man" and "nothing to brag about".
