Originally Posted by CarlJStoneham
Agreed. But when they act like an ass and can't back it up, then they're a poseur. You're a poseur until it can no longer be said that "your ego's writing checks your body can't cash" (to quote "Top Gun"). As long as you keep your mouth shut, you're not a poseur. If you walk up and eye me or my bike andcarry on like we're inferior because the jersey is Performance and the bike is 5 years old, and then suck wind when I set a moderate pace, youre a poseur. Those who can, do. Those who can't, but act like they can, are poseurs...
You make it sound like the people who do this but CAN ride are just fine in your book. I think I would have written your paragraph as follows: "Agreed. But when they act like an ass they are an ass."