Originally Posted by stickerguy
well said bostontrevor
full-kit roadies hate everyone especially if you are riding a fixie. I think there is a lot of jock-mentality going on there & they think that my track bike makes their double chainring 11-23 drivetrain look...small. they will not aknowledge you & will treat every mile like its the last 10k of Paris-Roubaix.
commuters love everyone!
i have been trying to figure this full-kit roadie thing out for the last couple of months.....i don't get it....i can be simply crusing along, ride along side a road bike, about to say hey whatsup or someting, next thing you know all i hear are gears dropping, which no matter how tired i am or how many sprints or hills i have done....gives me extra fuel in the tank...
but some of these guys, (never has happened with women....ever) really seem pissed when they can't drop me, or heaven forbid i grab the drops and get busy and dump em on a climb. there is this group that with my work schedule and their ride schedule every saturday morning on my way into work we meet, last week they turned off the bike route on cue when they saw me at the light...so i stopped and waited...then they looped back...still remember the look on their faces when i was still there ( i waited through a couple of lights)....i just laughed, then blew through the light so they wouldn't have to try anything else...guess they didn't want to play again....
i tend to think of it like back when i really was into golf...there are those people that you hook up with that are really into the game, you know if you play that there is more to it than simply buying the best clubs and latest innovations that come out....aren't going to help you one bit if you are not putting in work...ie spending time on the driving range, putting greens, par 3's and the whole 9....i had a basic set of clubs that worked for me, and was really developing game...translated into finally shooting in the 90's and every now and then i could really have a desent game. some of my partners that probably dumped easy 5-10 times the amounts of $$$ on equipment to this day do not talk to me....and they still play and i don't any longer...started riding again, can not do both, work and have anytype of social relationship with there being only 24hrs in a day.
its kind of funny, but then its kind of sad, because we are all riding....it shouldn't matter what....
and yes...i have yet to come across a commuter that hasn't been in a great mood, even if the weather is bad, it seems....there is a zen thing with commuting....at least with those i have come in contact with.....