I get called a Fred from time to time, I ride for pleasure as well as for practical reasons. I have a bike for nearly every occasion and four of them are bonafide racing bikes (a crit bike, a TT bike, a CC mountain bike and a road racing bike) I also have a designated commuter that gets me around town just fine. Thing is that some of the other guys I ride with seem to think driving to work is inherantly better. Whatever...

I do get the little Fred marks on my calf from greasy chainrings at races and some guys think this is a big NO-NO. I really don't care if I get a little grease on the calf, but I do know that my bike is running better than most of theirs because I'm the guy that trues his own wheels.