I'll admit to being pretty jaded. Roadies are on one far end of the cycling spectrum (as the author puts it) and thus things can get pretty polarized. Most bf.net users here are pretty moderate, which makes it a great subfoum IMO.

The part that I don't like is how he continually refers to his (past) self as being angry, or pedalling in anger, or how he felt hollow after pedaling 'far and fast' at all costs. Not all roadies are empty and angry like that - and I worry that cyclists from the other side of the spectrum with no "roadie" experience will view me that way after reading crap like that.