Originally Posted by genec
Special gear? Right bike? Gee, I took my two road classes using my two old bikes. I wore a jersey in the first class and got called on it by everybody including the instructor. In Road 2, the Bikes were all old and worn... Although I was the only one still using friction shifters.
Special gear... a helmet was the only required gear... oh and a bike. Hardly "special."
Sorry folks, but someone is painting a pretty polluted picture that just ain't right.
You're right, it's not rocket science... It's pretty common sense stuff... but if nobody showes it to you, then I guess it's not all that common, eh?
Where did you learn how to fix a flat?
oops. this was two separate rants. sorry I combined them. I was talking about the general attitudes of many so-called bike advocates. It seemed that this sub-topic was being explored, so I put my 2 cents in. Sorry I didn't color inside the lines! so.... yeah, yeah, bike classes are great. everyone should take them. I'm sorry to malign the bike classes, golly gee, they are the best!
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Last edited by rando; 09-15-06 at 09:30 PM.