Saddle heights I see out there many times seems to be so high
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Originally Posted by eaglesandcycling
xoxo
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Originally Posted by mprince
cubewheels, is that you?
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Originally Posted by whyfi
stop! If his name is mentioned two more times, he might reappear.
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Originally Posted by eaglesandcycling
xoxo
04-01-22, 04:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Koyote
Still waiting, eaglesandcycling ... 
Originally Posted by eaglesandcycling
i'll pass. not that important.
Maybe the problem isn't with other riders.
04-01-22, 11:09 PM
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Originally Posted by WhyFi
IOW, your assertion couldn't stand up to the mildest challenge.
I get it - a lot of people feel that others are looking down at them when they have a poor self image and they project, assuming that others must see them the same way. Nah - they weren't thinking that. In fact, you barely even registered. Don't be so hard on yourself.
I get it - a lot of people feel that others are looking down at them when they have a poor self image and they project, assuming that others must see them the same way. Nah - they weren't thinking that. In fact, you barely even registered. Don't be so hard on yourself.
04-02-22, 08:09 AM
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Originally Posted by eaglesandcycling
hmm. Sorry if you can't understand this..maybe google examples
Originally Posted by eaglesandcycling
i have no idea what that means
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Originally Posted by eaglesandcycling
i have no idea what that means
Try Googling examples.
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Originally Posted by indyfabz
Try Googling examples.
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I'm thinking that LarrySellerz and eaglesandcycling need their own subforum.
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Originally Posted by Koyote
I'm thinking that LarrySellerz and eaglesandcycling need their own subforum.
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Originally Posted by indyfabz
This might give the OP a seizure. 
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Originally Posted by rydabent
I now a lot of racer boy wanna bezz jack their seat way up like that. I find it amazing that all hunched over like that, that they can even breath. And of course they spend a large percentage of their time staring at their front wheel. I know that is true because I have been forced off the bike path 2 or 3 times because they were not watching where they were riding.
You always seem unable to grasp that some people's goals and preferences (and even body dimensions, apparently) differ from yours.
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Originally Posted by rydabent
I now a lot of racer boy wanna bezz jack their seat way up like that. I find it amazing that all hunched over like that, that they can even breath. And of course they spend a large percentage of their time staring at their front wheel. I know that is true because I have been forced off the bike path 2 or 3 times because they were not watching where they were riding.
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Originally Posted by WhyFi
In your opinion or in your experience?
How much do you actually interact with other cyclists? I'm trying to think of elitist a-holes that I've come across in real life and, quite frankly, I'm coming up blank. Actually, the folks that seem like they might be the most uppity - expensive bike/clothes and/or physique that clearly shows that they put in the miles - are often the most laid back and welcoming.
How much do you actually interact with other cyclists? I'm trying to think of elitist a-holes that I've come across in real life and, quite frankly, I'm coming up blank. Actually, the folks that seem like they might be the most uppity - expensive bike/clothes and/or physique that clearly shows that they put in the miles - are often the most laid back and welcoming.
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Originally Posted by indyfabz
This might give the OP a seizure.
04-02-22, 02:19 PM
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Wrong
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Originally Posted by genejockey
It's spring, so we should be getting one of those any day now.
I think a lot of what gets interpreted as elitism comes from the fact that it's possible for your average Joe Schmo cyclist to be training on the same roads at the same time as very good, very experienced cyclists, and that often cyclists ride in groups, and in those groups the very good, very experienced cyclists do not want to put their bikes, bones, and skin at risk by allowing or encouraging not very good, not very experienced cyclists to ride with them.
I think a lot of what gets interpreted as elitism comes from the fact that it's possible for your average Joe Schmo cyclist to be training on the same roads at the same time as very good, very experienced cyclists, and that often cyclists ride in groups, and in those groups the very good, very experienced cyclists do not want to put their bikes, bones, and skin at risk by allowing or encouraging not very good, not very experienced cyclists to ride with them.
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Originally Posted by Viich
I will say that a jack@*$ who was doing an outreach presentation for the local club started in on "if your bike doesn't have at least 105 you'll probably have a hard time keeping up", and I'm never going near that club. These people do exist.
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Originally Posted by WhyFi
But to say that "a good number" are elitist? Nah, ******** - that's quite the opposite of my experience.
/pcad
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Originally Posted by WhyFi
Yeah, but you've got matinee idol looks, you're fashionably attired, have guads of steel and you ride a bike that'll make all of the Johnny Lunchpails envious - who's gonna be snobbish towards you?
/pcad
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Originally Posted by eaglesandcycling
it's kinda fun how i'm considered a total rxtard in this discussion lol
The self-deprecating sort are the most fascinating of the troll species.
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Originally Posted by spelger
(psst, you are responding to yourself)
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Originally Posted by rydabent
I now a lot of racer boy wanna bezz jack their seat way up like that. I find it amazing that all hunched over like that, that they can even breath. And of course they spend a large percentage of their time staring at their front wheel. I know that is true because I have been forced off the bike path 2 or 3 times because they were not watching where they were riding.
And don’t drink and post. Or are you a…
?(Rhetorical question.)
