Originally Posted by
Hugh Morris
Consider my 'smug' comment retracted then; it's funny how easily people misinterpret or project tone onto forum posts. Myself and a lot of y'all included.
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FBinNY - when did I call myself a real commuter, put anyone down, or try to 'set [anyone] straight'? You think I'm against this thread? I very fondly reminisced on my days of commuting via brakeless bmx bike. i think that's very much in the spirit of the thread, unless it aims to be roadie specific.
My comments about the attitude of some of the folks here wasn't directed at you in particular. I only quoted your statement that said ILTD was right and the thread was smug from the get go, which was IMO an unfair characterization.
BTW- I never understood why people had to choose sides or be for or against anything (please no strawman arguments based on a broad reading of "anything"). We're here to talk about bikes, ostensibly because we enjoy riding them, and for some, maybe because they don't have a choice. As someone posted it's a big tent, we all ride for our own reasons and according to our own preferences, and there's no reason to think that any way is better than another.
If someone asks for help or advice, we should offer it, but that shouldn't include license to step in to "correct" people who are happy doing it differently. As we used to say on the streets in the Bronx "if you can't say something nice, STFU".