Originally Posted by
Rogue Leader
Wow, did I piss in your Cheerios this morning? If you took the time to read my comment without bias you would see I was defending the Cervelo purchase as a P1 is hardly more money than an average good road bike. My comment was ment to show the proliferation of Cervelos throughout the pack front to back, but as sirious said you may interpret my comment however you would like. I'm hardly a tough guy, for the record I ride a bikesdirect bike, am a mid-packer at best, and have been dropped by many a Cervelo, Argon 18, and guys on old steel Nishikis as well. Oh and I swim like a rock.
The comment was made IN MY OPINION which last I heard it was still a free country and I can make it. So IN MY OPINION I see nothing wrong with dropping some coin on a nice bike, but theres a huge difference between that and then adding a $1500+ set of wheels as well. We don't have all the facts here as to why she was walking, but based on what was presented, unless you have a mechanical failure, injury, or a bad cramp, if you are walking your bike mid race you are best served saving that $1500 and working on yourself first. JMO $1500 may be pocket change to some, but I personally believe in taking it slow and buying what you need before what you want.
Maybe I worded myself poorly, but It IS a shame that someone can look at a post with such bias as to automatically assume its a form of bike snobbery instead of realizing that nothing could be further from the truth.
Sorry... I guess my post was a bit too inflammatory, but here's my side.
There's no way to know why the lady was walking.
Why the distinction is made about wheels is a little beyond me, and there's nothing that says wheels and training are mutually exclusive. You can have nice race wheels AND work hard in training. The perception that having race wheels means you're proclaiming to the world that you're a perfect triathlete is bogus. All it means is that you had money to spend on wheels and you did it. Says nothing about priorities or anything. Maybe the lady had already signed her 6-month contract with a coach and had a few grand left over, so maybe she DID buy what she needed before what she wanted. There's absolutely no way you can know any of this just riding by someone.
So your opinion, which you're of course entitled to, is prejudiced and biased, i.e. fundamentally flawed.
You've assumed that:
1. the bike is hers and not borrowed.
2. That she was walking her bike out of exhaustion.
3. That she paid retail for the bike, or that she paid for it at all.
4. That she doesn't have a coach or a training plan.
5. That she was free of injuries, overtraining, cramps, a near-drowning, or anything else that could cause someone to have a bad day on the bike.
6. That the first thing she spent her money on--if she spent it at all--was fancy wheels.
So if you have no idea about any of the circumstances, why use her to make a point about anything? If you're entitled to post a huge logical fallacy, I'm entitled to point it out.