View Poll Results: Are you a Fred/Roadie hybrid?
I'm a Roadie who also commutes, it suppliments my training
15
14.85%
I'm a road bike commuter that also is a rides with Roadies when not commuting
14
13.86%
I'm a fitness motivated rider, but not a Roadie
30
29.70%
I'm a Fred and I am never mistaken for a Roadie
42
41.58%
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Are you a Fred/Roadie hybrid?
04-30-09 | 12:44 AM
#52
bragi
Joined: Jun 2006
Posts: 2,911
Likes: 3
From: seattle, WA
Bikes: LHT
"Fredness" is not narrowly defined, nor should it be. I ride a touring bike with panniers. While I ride, I always wear a wool sweater, shorts, maybe rain gear, and use BMX-style pedals with pins. I never wear Lycra, and I totally gave up on clipless a while ago. On flat ground, I ride 16-20 mph. On hills, I do 6-30 mph, depending on gravity. I listed myself as a Fred, because, really, no other moniker fits. I don't mind being a Fred, nor do I mind roadies, or any other kind of bicyclist. I'm just really glad to see someone else on a vehicle that doesn't have the potential to kill me.
