Originally Posted by
jkizzle
the hipsters are the ones with the bikes but are afraid of alleycats. the real messenger style riders are the ones who win huge alleycats actually cutting cars off and head first into oneway streets and can drop just about any rider youll ever meet.
of the ones ive met, actual messengers dont care for track and road races. they get too much excitement in their daily lives, and i imagine want a break from the bike in the off hours. they race alleycats to show the rest of us whats up. the hipsters on the other hand generally dont even know what racing is.
For someone who has never been in a race, you sure do make some marvelous mass generalizations.
There are strong riders from all sorts of backgrounds, but saying a fast messenger who races alleycats would drop a strong road racer, or vice versa, is ridiculous.