Originally Posted by skitbraviking
People with lots of money and ride expensive bikes and are a lot less gritty and a lot more shiek and also rip out their nice expensive bikes clothes as if they were some weird fetished suit that says "i ride bikes, they make me athletic and superlative to those who don't." At least this is sort of what it means to me right now as I write in a tired state of mind.
Being that I'm a 40 year old IT/engineering white guy from the burbs with an expensive frame on order, I guess I'm the poster child for everything wrong in the cycling world. (I have a cheap touring bike and two others I built out of cast-off parts.)
I gave up "gritty" over a decade ago b/c ramen noodles and paying rent suck when you're pushing 30. I still have my Honor Roll and Husker Du vinyl though.
As far as chic is concerned, I'm a friggen' nerd for goshsakes! And athletic? I live down to my moniker.
Can't we all just get along?
