Anyone here not White?
08-10-07, 02:19 AM
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different bikes for different blokes?
I see some black people on bikes, but for some reason, especially with black men, I always see them on
mountain bikes, as opposed to road bikes. Seriously, there seems to be some culture thing with who is riding what. The hipster/indie white kids ALWAYS have the fixed gear track bikes with those colored carbon spokes. the black hip-hop dudes always have decked-out full suspension mountain bikes, seems like they go for the pure comfort ride. I'm really not making this up, it's what i see out on the road all the time.
mountain bikes, as opposed to road bikes. Seriously, there seems to be some culture thing with who is riding what. The hipster/indie white kids ALWAYS have the fixed gear track bikes with those colored carbon spokes. the black hip-hop dudes always have decked-out full suspension mountain bikes, seems like they go for the pure comfort ride. I'm really not making this up, it's what i see out on the road all the time.
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Here in Canada, at least from my personal expereince I see mostly white and quite a few oriental riders. Unfortunetly I think a lot of it has to do with the economic barriers of the sport plus the roots of the sport going back to Europe. It's very similiar with skiing.
I don't know what you'd consider me, I'm originally from USSR, so I speak Russian but my ancestors are russian/jewish/polish/estonian. I might be white in colours but I'm still not your long time white north american if you know what I mean...
Alex
I don't know what you'd consider me, I'm originally from USSR, so I speak Russian but my ancestors are russian/jewish/polish/estonian. I might be white in colours but I'm still not your long time white north american if you know what I mean...
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I see some black people on bikes, but for some reason, especially with black men, I always see them on
mountain bikes, as opposed to road bikes. Seriously, there seems to be some culture thing with who is riding what. The hipster/indie white kids ALWAYS have the fixed gear track bikes with those colored carbon spokes. the black hip-hop dudes always have decked-out full suspension mountain bikes, seems like they go for the pure comfort ride. I'm really not making this up, it's what i see out on the road all the time.
mountain bikes, as opposed to road bikes. Seriously, there seems to be some culture thing with who is riding what. The hipster/indie white kids ALWAYS have the fixed gear track bikes with those colored carbon spokes. the black hip-hop dudes always have decked-out full suspension mountain bikes, seems like they go for the pure comfort ride. I'm really not making this up, it's what i see out on the road all the time.
08-10-07, 08:09 AM
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This is an absolutely hillarious thread...
I'll bite... seems we are more focusing on stereotypes here.
I'm African American. Currently own four bikes - 2007 Cervelo Soloist Carbon - Chorus, 1994 Bianchi Giro "red" - come Campy gruppo, 1995 Specialized Stumpjumper, 199?/200? Indianna University Little 500 single speed special. Statements such as "I always see them on this type..., or they are always..." just go to show that maybe you should venture outside of your comfort level, becauase those same statements can always be used in reverse with the same amount of negativity.
I've been riding/racing since high school in Atlanta- mid 30's now in DC.
Cycling is indeed expensive, I seem to visit a LBS at least a few times a month - 3 times this week. Expense can definitely be a factor in not only limiting people by ethnicity, but also by demographics, which really seems to be the bigger point of the general question.
I also snowboard (20+ years), scuba dive, sail, rock climb (used to instruct), etc... seemingly anything that requires me to buy a bag to hold some sort of gear.
Anyway, I know that there are a myriad of stereotypes that are out there, and yes many of you are right that most times when I ride I don't see other folks that look "like" me, but you know that doesn't really matter. I ride with several local clubs and groups - some with everyone besides myself being blonde, and others with everyone looking just "like" me. We all seem to have one thing in common the passion for cycling.
Just get out and ride, and really the only thing that should matter is whether you can catch the guy in front of you, and is the guy behind me going to pass me!
Oh yeah, let's hit the stereotypes one more time - education BS Electrical Engineering, MSEngineering Management, working on my JD - just for fun! - oh yeah I work in a Think Tank.
-JP
I'll bite... seems we are more focusing on stereotypes here.
I'm African American. Currently own four bikes - 2007 Cervelo Soloist Carbon - Chorus, 1994 Bianchi Giro "red" - come Campy gruppo, 1995 Specialized Stumpjumper, 199?/200? Indianna University Little 500 single speed special. Statements such as "I always see them on this type..., or they are always..." just go to show that maybe you should venture outside of your comfort level, becauase those same statements can always be used in reverse with the same amount of negativity.
I've been riding/racing since high school in Atlanta- mid 30's now in DC.
Cycling is indeed expensive, I seem to visit a LBS at least a few times a month - 3 times this week. Expense can definitely be a factor in not only limiting people by ethnicity, but also by demographics, which really seems to be the bigger point of the general question.
I also snowboard (20+ years), scuba dive, sail, rock climb (used to instruct), etc... seemingly anything that requires me to buy a bag to hold some sort of gear.
Anyway, I know that there are a myriad of stereotypes that are out there, and yes many of you are right that most times when I ride I don't see other folks that look "like" me, but you know that doesn't really matter. I ride with several local clubs and groups - some with everyone besides myself being blonde, and others with everyone looking just "like" me. We all seem to have one thing in common the passion for cycling.
Just get out and ride, and really the only thing that should matter is whether you can catch the guy in front of you, and is the guy behind me going to pass me!
Oh yeah, let's hit the stereotypes one more time - education BS Electrical Engineering, MSEngineering Management, working on my JD - just for fun! - oh yeah I work in a Think Tank.
-JP
08-10-07, 08:15 AM
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This is an absolutely hillarious thread...
I'll bite... seems we are more focusing on stereotypes here.
I'm African American. Currently own four bikes - 2007 Cervelo Soloist Carbon - Chorus, 1994 Bianchi Giro "red" - come Campy gruppo, 1995 Specialized Stumpjumper, 199?/200? Indianna University Little 500 single speed special. Statements such as "I always see them on this type..., or they are always..." just go to show that maybe you should venture outside of your comfort level, becauase those same statements can always be used in reverse with the same amount of negativity.
I've been riding/racing since high school in Atlanta- mid 30's now in DC.
Cycling is indeed expensive, I seem to visit a LBS at least a few times a month - 3 times this week. Expense can definitely be a factor in not only limiting people by ethnicity, but also by demographics, which really seems to be the bigger point of the general question.
I also snowboard (20+ years), scuba dive, sail, rock climb (used to instruct), etc... seemingly anything that requires me to buy a bag to hold some sort of gear.
Anyway, I know that there are a myriad of stereotypes that are out there, and yes many of you are right that most times when I ride I don't see other folks that look "like" me, but you know that doesn't really matter. I ride with several local clubs and groups - some with everyone besides myself being blonde, and others with everyone looking just "like" me. We all seem to have one thing in common the passion for cycling.
Just get out and ride, and really the only thing that should matter is whether you can catch the guy in front of you, and is the guy behind me going to pass me!
Oh yeah, let's hit the stereotypes one more time - education BS Electrical Engineering, MSEngineering Management, working on my JD - just for fun! - oh yeah I work in a Think Tank.
-JP
I'll bite... seems we are more focusing on stereotypes here.
I'm African American. Currently own four bikes - 2007 Cervelo Soloist Carbon - Chorus, 1994 Bianchi Giro "red" - come Campy gruppo, 1995 Specialized Stumpjumper, 199?/200? Indianna University Little 500 single speed special. Statements such as "I always see them on this type..., or they are always..." just go to show that maybe you should venture outside of your comfort level, becauase those same statements can always be used in reverse with the same amount of negativity.
I've been riding/racing since high school in Atlanta- mid 30's now in DC.
Cycling is indeed expensive, I seem to visit a LBS at least a few times a month - 3 times this week. Expense can definitely be a factor in not only limiting people by ethnicity, but also by demographics, which really seems to be the bigger point of the general question.
I also snowboard (20+ years), scuba dive, sail, rock climb (used to instruct), etc... seemingly anything that requires me to buy a bag to hold some sort of gear.
Anyway, I know that there are a myriad of stereotypes that are out there, and yes many of you are right that most times when I ride I don't see other folks that look "like" me, but you know that doesn't really matter. I ride with several local clubs and groups - some with everyone besides myself being blonde, and others with everyone looking just "like" me. We all seem to have one thing in common the passion for cycling.
Just get out and ride, and really the only thing that should matter is whether you can catch the guy in front of you, and is the guy behind me going to pass me!
Oh yeah, let's hit the stereotypes one more time - education BS Electrical Engineering, MSEngineering Management, working on my JD - just for fun! - oh yeah I work in a Think Tank.
-JP
08-10-07, 08:21 AM
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Finally, a Tank that shoots Mind Bullets.
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Yes they have, and in the most delightful ways.
more on topic, Here in GR, I see people of all races on bikes, but for the most part it's the white guys that go for all the -REAL- bike clothes, dress like lance lycra spandex whatever.
I've noticed that in the local bike shops, they seem to stereotype the customers, when I make a run to the local shops, the sales people always start talking 'comfort' bikes, I think the reason is that I'm normally wearing cutoffs, sandles, and Tshirt and don't own a stitch of 'real' bike clothes. Older people are also steered to them, (I'm a 46 year old longhair so they may classify me with the old folks)while younger people (euro and asian) are pointed at the higher end road bikes and the black guys seem to be pointed at the mountain bikes
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08-10-07, 11:16 AM
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I'm Asian, terrible at math, didn't do well in school and don't own a single gaming system... and my junk is huge.
As for who rides what- I live in NYC, and I see every kind of person on every kind of bike. A good 70% of them, however are riding around on $2K+ machines without helmets and no clue how to ride or why their bike is more expensive than a *Mart brand bike.
As for who rides what- I live in NYC, and I see every kind of person on every kind of bike. A good 70% of them, however are riding around on $2K+ machines without helmets and no clue how to ride or why their bike is more expensive than a *Mart brand bike.
08-10-07, 11:31 AM
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I'm Asian, terrible at math, didn't do well in school and don't own a single gaming system... and my junk is huge.
As for who rides what- I live in NYC, and I see every kind of person on every kind of bike. A good 70% of them, however are riding around on $2K+ machines without helmets and no clue how to ride or why their bike is more expensive than a *Mart brand bike.
As for who rides what- I live in NYC, and I see every kind of person on every kind of bike. A good 70% of them, however are riding around on $2K+ machines without helmets and no clue how to ride or why their bike is more expensive than a *Mart brand bike.
Really? I live close-by NYC and see the exact opposite...
Maybe this is seen on the Greenways, but I haven't really seen this trend anywhere else.
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Not to be a hater or anything...
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Al Jolson was a cyclist. He was a junior track star until he started his singing career.
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08-10-07, 11:58 AM
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I ride a lot on the UES, UWS and Central park area. I think that is mostly exclusive to there. Definitely in Lower Manhattan, Brooklyn & Queens, it's a lot of legit riders on bikes that you can tell they took the time to build up one part at a time.
08-10-07, 01:37 PM
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They do this thing where they make a kissing sound and what looks like a tight "OK" gesture at me. I think they're saying, "You rock!" in Spanish.
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When I was in the Marine Corps the drill instructor told us, there were no more blacks, whites, browns, yellows or reds... just GREEN!
Now all you maggots line up!
Dark green maggots on the left, light green maggots on the right!!!
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08-10-07, 02:35 PM
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Tons of asian riders in the SF Bay Area. As for Filipino cycling there are at least four clubs with a couple of them racing in Cali: Siclista, Tropa, LuzViMin, FACT and Adobo Velo.
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Me too. In fact I was born on the University of Chicago campus.
There are many things I love about Chicago and I go back about once a year.
I mostly miss "proper" hot dogs and great pizza. I missed Berghoff's (RIP) and I still can't get my head around the fact that Macy's now owns Marshall Field's.
(I had a long rant in here about baseball and being a former White Sox fan, but I deleted it.)
All things considered I prefer living in Gainesville, Florida, because I can cycle all year round.
There are many things I love about Chicago and I go back about once a year.
I mostly miss "proper" hot dogs and great pizza. I missed Berghoff's (RIP) and I still can't get my head around the fact that Macy's now owns Marshall Field's.
(I had a long rant in here about baseball and being a former White Sox fan, but I deleted it.)
All things considered I prefer living in Gainesville, Florida, because I can cycle all year round.