Originally Posted by slvoid
I've seen chinese delivery guys riding something along the lines of 52x14's, why? Cause they're moving 12 freaking miles an hour. I can run faster than that. And yea, many of em just get their hands on whatever they can afford. And not all messengers fly around on $7000 carbon bikes at 40mph. 95% of them just barely eek by a meager living, it's the other 5% you hear about.
Can we all at least agree that, even though they don't give a ish what their gear ratio is, couldn't point to a hub on their bike, and show a general disdain for the written rules of the road and any unwritten protocols that most might subscribe to (unlike most on this forum), foodies are the most f&*in' hardcore cyclists out there? I've seen these cats delivering food in the dead of January nights, getting blasted by sub-zero wind chills with no gloves on. Yeah, it might be stupid, and they're most likely just barely getting by, but that ish still rates in my book.