Originally Posted by
canklecat
"Hi, I've gotten older and my life and perspectives have changed, therefore I believe the entire world has changed and nobody else noticed so I'm going to complain about it. Also, analog film, vinyl records, real paper books..." --Clickbait Columnist of the Month
Meh.
I'm an old hippie. I see plenty of folks just riding for the sheer joy of it. Their bikes aren't festooned with gadgets recording every bit of minutiae.
This. If anything, the author is so out of touch (or eager to suck up to other grouches) that he's missing the explosion in cycling-for-the-fun-of-it. My city is now swarming with people riding bikes to socialize, and not win imaginary races in their heads.
Whining about Lance & company taking the fun out of cycling is
so 15+ years ago.