Originally Posted by Whoodie
Why do some people decribe their wheels even when it is not necessary. For example I was doing my morning ride on my Trek 1000, when this van hit me. Would it have made any difference if it was a bianchi, litespeed or any other bike. Is this an obsession or one has to brag about their ride.
PS don't get me wrong, it'd just a thought.
It could be that they have more than one bike, so they're letting us know which one was damaged. If I were to crash during a ride, and just post that I'd crashed, you would have no way of knowing which of my 4 bikes was being ridden at the time.