Originally Posted by
cyccommute
There are lots of people posting on this forum that aren’t using expensive equipment. I ride relatively expensive bikes but I never question what others are riding. People at my co-op are proud of the cheapest bikes available but I would never look down on them for riding that kind of bike.
Just so we are clear...I'm not looking down at others for buying / riding a cheaper bike. I was just simply stating that the majority of us enthusiasts here are riding more expensive bikes.
Yes, what we monkeys do is generally bad for the environment but that doesn’t mean you should go out of your way to make it worse. Driving a car to work? I rode my bike to work and school for over 40 years (from 50% to 60% of the time). I didn’t put 38 tons of carbon dioxide into the air in addition to several hundred pounds of tire wear. I’ve also avoided putting hundreds…yes, hundreds…of tubes into the waste stream as well.
Yes. Driving to work. Since Thursday of last week, approximately 40" of snow has dropped here. Coupled with 40 mph+ winds and cold temps. I'm not gonna ride a bike to work in those conditions.
I rode my bike to work a few times in the past during the summer...The issue there was the heat and humidity. Coming into the office stinky and with wet sweaty clothes is no fun.
So yup. Fire up the V8 4x4 every morning and drive to work.
Goatheads...Aware of them. But not a thing where I live. I've only ridden in Colorado a handful of times doing some gravel routes but didn't come across any goatheads.