Originally Posted by redfooj
"there are snobs all across the boards... just different types.
however i find this forum the most useful because people here seem to actually ride and wrench their bikes. thus i can give or find advice when wrenching my own bikes. "
Yes, I agree completely. People here have really helped.
Originally Posted by redfooj
"in the roadie forum there is a higher abundance of incredibly moron posts... real examples here:
-im afraid of down tube shifter, when i reach down to shift i almost wreck myself "
Ouch. That hurt. Really. I believe I said that I was afraid of crashing when I tried to shift--because I almost did. Go outside sometime, ask a person who hasn't ridden a bike in about ten years to jump on a bike with dowtube shifters. Tell them to shift gears. See if they don't almost crash or actually crash. No, I'd guess that you couldn't find anyone like that because you don't know anyone outside of your group of 'cooler-than-all-****' bicycle buddies.
In fact, I was pretty proud of the fact that I was even willing to risk it. But I don't feel like getting too defensive about this. Just wanted to point out that maybe some of us switched to fixed gear because it just seemed a lot simpler. Don't even have to worry about downtube shifters anymore!
But, really, thanks for calling me out. I've got several subtle hints that my neophyte's inquisitiveness is not highly regarded in the past several days, so I'm going to refrain for awhile. Let all you superior non-morons spin your yarns of beauty and grace. Maybe I'll cruise down the block and see if any of the little BMX punks have a little less of an attitude. I know that most inclusive people/groups generally use the term "moron" to refer to others. (Or did you mean, "moronic"?) Yeah, that's tolerance.
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NOTE from p: I apologize herein for the statement above. Please see my post further on for a full apology.
Dic--oh, never mind.