Originally Posted by
Happy Feet
… I find it incredulous that anyone would argue that theft from unsecure locations is not a concern for more expensive upscale bikes.
From my vantage point people tend to ride expensive bikes from one secure location to another secure location (performing an activity) so if your lifestyle concept includes that it will work well enough but if lifestyle suggests traveling throughout the day to various unexpected and unsecured locales people will shy away from purchasing an expensive bike to do that…
People aren't generally locking up and leaving expensive bikes for long periods of time where they can't be monitored. How do you convince upscale type folks that are usually pretty savvy about the fiscal value of things to do that?
Next up: how to convince an upscale demographic arriving at social venues with helmet hair and moist pits is a "good" thing.
FYA, I posted to this previous thread in the LCF Forum,”Car-Free outings for otherwise car-heavies.”
Originally Posted by
Jim from Boston
Now that I get the concept of “going out,” I have a few further thoughts. I previously replied that for my wife and I, one of our weekly outings involves getting dressed up. We could get to our Social Club about five miles away by subway, but we drive to save time [and stay neat]...
A personal damper for me to ride my bike to an outing is that I don’t bring a lock anywhere, since I don’t leave my bike out of my control. i.e. unattended only at home and my secure parking at work
So I think that to purposefully make “going out” an LCF activity, makes it an LCF activity with an intended destination. For me it’s only ordinary and comfortable to go out LCF when the destination/activity and route makes it an ordinary outing.
Originally Posted by
Jim from Boston
… My cycling reputation, mundane as my cycling might be to the hard-core cyclists, is always a source of amusement and conversation with my friends and acquaintances; e.g. in bad weather, “You didn’t ride your bike today, did you?,” or at fancy social events, “Did you ride your bike here?.” Always asked with amusement and respect
Last edited by Jim from Boston; 08-10-18 at 10:36 AM.