Originally Posted by
nappycappy
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and to the whole beginner comments some of you guys are so keen on calling people, at what point are you no longer considered a beginner? after riding 6 months? 1 year? 2 years? work as a bike messenger? ride in a competition? ride on the track? point is at one point in time you were in the same boat and found that you liked riding and continued to ride because you liked riding. if you didn't like getting called a noob or a beginner back then, what makes you think people today like getting called that. i've been riding for the last couple months and i consider myself a beginner and i frankly don't care if i'm called one. i'm not riding to compete with anyone or prove that i can stop on a dime or whatever riding fixed. i'm riding because it's fun, and it gives me some sort of exercise, and mainly because i like riding to work. </endrant>
Get used to it, not only in the forums but everywhere. I'm 61, have ridden well over 60,000 miles in 40+ years of cycling, including several Colorado mountain passes, etc. etc. and am treated like a beginner all the time especially by other cyclists and bike shops -- because I look elderly. We all get treated like beginners sometimes.
