Originally Posted by pj7
Here is my situation. I work in the auto industry... sort of. The company I work for re-creates old muscle cars (57 Chevy, 60's Mustangs, Impalas, etc) from the ground up.
However, I am a car free person in a car lite family.
Coworkers can be such jerks. We all had a laugh about it on our last break though so there is no thick air between any of us, it just bugs me though... the car culture in this area. Then it dawned on me, I am creating the very thing I dislike.
Kind of in the belly of the beast there aren't you. Classic car buffs can be incredibly intolerant sometimes.
This might seem odd, but I think you need to customize your bike. Put some 57 Chevy fins(scaled down) on both sides of your rear wheel and nestle the package rack inbetween. That ought to stop the comments, with a smile.