Originally Posted by Cyclaholic

ITLB you always take the VC zealots to task and the roadies as well for their apparent need to narrowly define 'cycling' or what a true cyclist is and then impose their narrow world view on the rest of us, and I tend to agree with you.

However, every reference you make to a 'commuter' bike or what a commuter cyclist rides - or even is - always involves chainguards, fenders, racks, lights, non-cycling specific clothing, etc. It seems to me that you are doing exactly what you take others to task for.

The fact is that many of us that have no interest in buying into the zealot's vc brand, or are willing to be led by the nose into some clicky roadie culture because we can actually think for ourselves, yet we choose not to use chainguards, fenders, racks, and maybe ride a bike which may not fit your ever-narrowing definition of a true 'commuter' while lugging our gear in a backpack with our homebrew lights plastered to our helmet.... sometimes we even wear <gasp!> lycra cycling shorts because we just happen to find them much more comfortable on our 1 1/2 hour commute.

So please don't let yourself become a slave to your own dogma like the ones you so righteously deride, it could cost you your relevance.

...ok then, back to the GMC Denali debate