Originally Posted by
SquidPuppet
And that works both ways. When someone looks at my old gas pipe bikes and shakes their head, I get it. And I'm not offended. The bikes are primitive slugs in their eyes. And they are primitive slugs. I don't like complex modern race bikes, but I can totally understand someone lusting after every exotic doo-dad. They are passionate about the gadgetry, that's what draws them in, and that's cool. I LOVE looking at them and admiring all the engineering details. They are awesome. I'd never own one, even if it was free, but they are cool.
Everyone has different tastes in everything. The best thing everyone can do is to understand that fact, be more accepting of that fact, and less judgmental.
Yeah, I can totally understand, and agree with all of that. I like doodads and stuff like that, and i love new technology. For some stuff though, like bikes, motorcycles, and stereo/music equipment, I prefer the old stuff. I tend to forget(not as much as I used to) that not everyone on here is an almost 50 used to be bike messenger, and that alot of guys on here race etc etc. This forum is my first "branching out" to non messenger specific riders, honestly. I went right from BMX as a teen, then to college after the Marine Corps, and into the Messenger cult, so that's all the friends/experience I had as far as "bike stuff" goes.
I DO think, however, that Aluminum/carbon transformer looking track bikes for urban riding look completely ridiculous.