Originally Posted by progre-ss
Same here. Any road bike when I was a kid was a 10 speed. People I know still call them that. No matter how many times I try to explain my fixed gear bike or my singlespeed mtb, they just don't understand. They've got to try it to understand it. Yet sometimes even then, it's all a different language to them.
sometimes after i've been drinking a bit...i get really into educating people about bikes. one innocent comment, and they're in for a 30 minute fun filled lecture. other times, like when i'm at work or something, i just can't explain it again...urgghhh.