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If these people realy want want to promote cycling than it should not matter if your riding a $2.00 garage sale bike or my Wal-Mart bike. Truth is not every one can afford a high end bike. So do we exclude these folks?
When I am riding my $300 beat up mtn bike with almost 7,000 miles and just sort of toodling around, I frequently wear Levis and a sweat shirt, with a rubber band around the chain leg of the Levis.
Last year, I came upon four guys with high end bikes, all tooled out in matching club Jerseys and about $500 in stuff, who were obviously sort of lost. I stopped and offered directions.
WOW!!
Talk about snobbery. I was treated like a pariah.
I wonder how I would have been treated if I was all dressed up in my Lycra with my Lemond BA bike. I bet their whole attitude would have changed.
Sad.
Keep up the riding. Also, keep your eyes open for a good used bike to eventually replace that Huffy. You will find a world of difference in riding satisfaction.
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