Originally Posted by
Rollfast
I would submit that photo in a 'great looking bike' thread myself. The Nuclear Yellow jacket alone is no big deal. If you don't favor mirrors or whatever, leave the subject alone. It's not the Bike Forums Way. I won't do it, even if I have poked fun at it in the past in some fashion. Wear and use whatever you please as long as it doesn't cause problems for others in traffic and your path.
This picture is one of a person proud of his bike, not a 'Fred'. Fred is indeed dead...RIP.
I hope you know I'm making fun of myself while making the same point as you (that's the Hypno Toad in the yellow jacket). I honestly have no *****s to give about Fred or anti-Fred. I see too many riders get hung up on "the right look" and "the right bike". I've laughed out loud at 'cyclists' looking down their noses at me (reference the yellow jacket and orange bike) while talking at stop lights. I had a B-Group do this to me on my PM commute one day, I kept with them for about 2 miles, at the next stop light, they had some new respect.
Me... I'm a chameleon with bikes, some days I'm a Fred, some days I'm a lycranaut, some days I'm a hipster, some days I'm a lumberjack, some days I'm riding in a suit on a Divvy.... So what?!
Ride what you love, don't judge what works for others, and enjoy the ride.