….thinking 🤔 I know anything.

We can debate this crap all we want, if that’s our gig.
It really doesn't matter, because we don't make much difference in the market.
Shops will survive without us.

Reality: the past preident of my local club is smart, frugal, and just got a new carbon disc Di2 road bike that can run 34’s. She rides $3500 miles/year.
She’s had aluminum and early carbon bikes. Her new bike looks a lot like my steel Wraith and likely weighs more. Who am I to judge? Nobody.
Heck, I had tape that matched the cages on her new bike and gave it to her. #%#$ the debate, let's grin and go riding.


Reality: @ldmataya and @Chrome Molly are fast, fluid riders. More so on carbon wonders. OK, you'll hear them coming on the carbon things....

Reality: Shops may have to sell what they are told to sell. Not every shop has the latitude to sell what makes them feel better.
I have no idea what pressures they face to do so, but they are real, and I’m in no position to judge. To think a shop should sell or push what I prefer is stupid.

Once a person is on a bike and in my pace line, my preference is for his/her presence there, rather than the hole left by their absence.
I really don’t care what they are riding.