Originally Posted by
Koyote
I was referring to some posters – quite a few of them over the years – who come here looking for validation before spending rather significant (to them, it seems) sums of money on equipment that will gain them, at most, a tiny fraction of a mile per hour in additional speed, if that. And then the posters report that they don’t even do spirited group rides, much less races.
If you fall into that category, then yeah, I can see why you might feel that it was an insult.
Feh. I only look for validation AFTER spending significant funds!
I will say, however, that there is an oft-repeated sentiment here that if you don't race, you shouldn't buy better equipment that might make you faster, which to my way of thinking is nonsensical. Wanting to go faster seems to me to be a big part of why a lot of us ride bikes.