Originally Posted by
banerjek
Self congratulatory wankfest threads are as common and time honored in the Road forum as those discussing what components/accessories look best. Are you claiming such topics should be reserved for exclusive use by "traditional" roadies?
A meta-discussion about the value of such topics in general is one thing, but that's not what's under discussion here. We're talking about one particular type of wank-fest peculiar to the 'bent world that, apparently, coyboy doesn't believe exists.
Look, I =ought= to be an advocate for recumbents. I've tried them myself and I've recommended that others try them, especially if they have physical problems that keep them off uprights. I love seeing guys in their 80s still out there because I know that time may come for me. Yet the poisonous attitudes of a noisy part of the 'bent crowd are a huge turn-off.