Originally Posted by
Brian Ratliff
Why is this so important to you that you label people who buy high dollar bikes "posers"? You pose a question, state that it's in earnest, then attack my answer and dismiss it out of hand. I'm left wondering about your motivations in this discussion.
My answer comes from people I've talked to.
Are you addressing me? I didn't label anyone a "poser", unless you mean people who buy high end racing bikes and don't race them are posers. I did say they probably don't care about racing or racers, I don't think that makes them posers either. So I don't follow your question.
I've heard many people talk about the feel and other intangibles. I've never had anyone tell me what you've heard, that they bought a high end bike to emulate racers. Maybe there is a cultural thing going on, between here and Oregon?