Originally Posted by Blue Jays
Go to a ride where enthusiasts are present. You'll notice virtually every rider has a cyclocomputer
Why thank you for the intriguing and completely unexpected suggestion Blue Jays. It's quite presumptuous of you to presuppose that I have failed to attend a ride where these "enthusiasts" are frolicking about. Perchance I will endeavor to go on a ride where these fabled "enthusiasts" are present and ascertain just how many of these mighty folks are using cycling computers and virtually beating their breasts against those Luddites (sporting disc brakes no doubt) who eschew all-important gadgetry.
In the meantime, I'll just have to rely on my experience when I've mountain biked with hundreds of different people, in various states and countries, where cycling computers where not used by anything approaching 100% or "nearly every" enthusiast
Originally Posted by Blue Jays
...unless it's a meeting of the Luddite Cycling Society who don't wish to collect ride data.
My dear, dear, Mr. Blue Jays, I would posit that there are a great many cycling enthusiasts outside the gamut of your experience whose passion for riding does not encompass gathering data. Au contraire, they enjoy riding for the riding's sake and aren't concerned with post ride plotting of their average heart rate in relation to their average speed divided by estimated calories burned multiplied by volume of bodily wastes excreted.
~ R. Danneskjöld ~