Originally Posted by
wolfchild
Forget about noisy chains...Some of you "sensitive types" should hear the noisy singlespeed freewheel on one of my bikes, I don't think I would ever be allowed on a group club ride
... I constantly get other cyclists and some non-cyclists staring at me
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I kinda wish I had a loud freewheel, it'd work as a bell to get people out of the way on the MUP.
Originally Posted by
mrleft2000
Most people have fond memories of bike riding as a child. However, if you were to slap an odometer on those bikes, we'd see that most kids just putz around their neighborhood and might ride a bike 500 miles before they outgrow or wreck it. They never develop any sense of maintaining their bike; they think a bike always belongs outside; they don't even realize tires naturally lose air. When these same people become adults and choose to take up the bike again, this is the experience they draw upon.
When I picked up bike commuting, none of my non-cyclist coworkers had ever heard of regularly oiling a chain before.
Yes, my friends/coworkers think 'bike maintenance' is something I do as an extension of my hobby, not a necessity.