you guys are all posers
09-05-13, 09:22 PM
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09-05-13, 09:38 PM
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The operative phrase being: ..Last time I checked a basketball shirt that says "Bulls" is nowhere near "dressed up like Micheal Jordan or Dennis Rodman, or (playing) a round of w/e golf trying to look like Tiger Woods." The point is let's say you decide to show up for a bike ride with several corporate logos on your uniform of the day, without having said sponsorship. Your handy dandy uniform reeks of saying "hey look at me the expert." Same thing as wearing a team logo hat to a baseball game or a corporate logo to a round of buddy golf? Not hardly..
Gee.. I beg to differ (which is all I did, initially) before getting summarily pounced on by cyclist wannabes like you and friends. You reap what you sew, and what goes around comes around. Give it.. but can't take it! .. so go cry wah wah wah to yourself cuz I don't buy the BS. You're playing "dress up" as an adult at an rec activity. You DO have a short attention span. And lousy critical thought/logic too.
Gee.. I beg to differ (which is all I did, initially) before getting summarily pounced on by cyclist wannabes like you and friends. You reap what you sew, and what goes around comes around. Give it.. but can't take it! .. so go cry wah wah wah to yourself cuz I don't buy the BS. You're playing "dress up" as an adult at an rec activity. You DO have a short attention span. And lousy critical thought/logic too.
Go type "street basketball" into google image search and look at all the photos that come up of kids wearing basketball jerseys playing basketball on the street.
Stop being a ******, it looks bad on you.
09-05-13, 10:36 PM
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Do you think that on www.golfforums.net there's a contingent that refuses to wear spikes or gloves and moreover mocks those who do as posers and wannabes?
Just curious.
Just curious.
09-05-13, 11:48 PM
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Probably not, because Golf seems to be exclusively dominated by d-bags.
All kinds of folks ride bikes, so there's still hope.
All kinds of folks ride bikes, so there's still hope.
09-06-13, 12:04 AM
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Don't forget about decals and stickers that make you go faster you put the wrong configuration bike might be faster on the left and start pulling to the left because didn't balance it out with a really fast monster sticker on the right the mathmatics are tricky but it ya gettem just right you might actually look faster
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Do you think that on www.golfforums.net there's a contingent that refuses to wear spikes or gloves and moreover mocks those who do as posers and wannabes?
Just curious.
Just curious.
Stupid posers.
09-06-13, 08:10 AM
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No offense.
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09-06-13, 09:17 AM
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Some dudes were butthurt and started mocking some dude who didn't read the Road Cyclist handbook and posted youtube vids of himself snarking on roadie "posers". Feathers were ruffled, denials were made. Some dudes with forum grudges started flinging poo.
Then the nature of what constitutes a poser came up. Guys who like wearing their team jerseys were made fun, guys who don't wear team jerseys were made fun of. Folks who shaved are ridicoulous, folks who don't shave don't get the nuances of cycling.
Basically a big bowl of steaming hot horse manure.
Par for the course in this lovely little land of crabon riding, vintage steel humping spandex wearing, disposable income Randian loving, resentful proletarian dorks.
Then the nature of what constitutes a poser came up. Guys who like wearing their team jerseys were made fun, guys who don't wear team jerseys were made fun of. Folks who shaved are ridicoulous, folks who don't shave don't get the nuances of cycling.
Basically a big bowl of steaming hot horse manure.
Par for the course in this lovely little land of crabon riding, vintage steel humping spandex wearing, disposable income Randian loving, resentful proletarian dorks.
09-06-13, 12:36 PM
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Hey don't forget that cycling is mainly dominated by d-bags too. I know from personal experience.
Case in point: The 41.
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09-06-13, 01:07 PM
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Well, that's just one segment of the cycling world. Kids on cruisers, fixie riders, MTBer's... Enough to offset the lycra worshipping, strava fapping, gram counting Gordon Geckos DDS out there.
Thankfully.
Thankfully.
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What if he wants to? We are an entertaining bunch.
Did I just say "we?" gross...
Personally I am bothered by most road riders for the same reasons that have been mentioned time and time again in this thread: obsession with equipment, miles counting, strava poaching, egomania, blah blah. I suppose I have a different agenda when I'm on a road bike: training. Nearly all of the 10+hrs/week I spend on my bike is training with prescribed intensity, or racing
If i want to ride for fun/casually, screw road riding. I'll hit up the trail with one of the company mountain bikes (yes I just said that), cruise through downtown on my fixie after some beers (zomg!), or stroll through PB and La Jolla with my gf on cruisers. Or better yet: go to the beach and body surf.
Did I just say "we?" gross...
Personally I am bothered by most road riders for the same reasons that have been mentioned time and time again in this thread: obsession with equipment, miles counting, strava poaching, egomania, blah blah. I suppose I have a different agenda when I'm on a road bike: training. Nearly all of the 10+hrs/week I spend on my bike is training with prescribed intensity, or racing
If i want to ride for fun/casually, screw road riding. I'll hit up the trail with one of the company mountain bikes (yes I just said that), cruise through downtown on my fixie after some beers (zomg!), or stroll through PB and La Jolla with my gf on cruisers. Or better yet: go to the beach and body surf.
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09-06-13, 01:20 PM
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Oh, I ride my roadie in jorts.
Actually, this is way more accurate on my feelings. Too busy being snarky to elaborate.
I just like to ride myself. Having been around some folks who do this, it is funny to observe.
Although I do have a fetish for cataloging climb catergories myself.
womp womp.
Actually, this is way more accurate on my feelings. Too busy being snarky to elaborate.
What if he wants to? We are an entertaining bunch.
Did I just say "we?" gross...
Personally I am bothered by most road riders for the same reasons that have been mentioned time and time again in this thread: obsession with equipment, miles counting, strava poaching, egomania, blah blah. I suppose I have a different agenda when I'm on a road bike: training
If i want to ride for fun/casually, screw road riding. I'll hit up the trail with one of the company mountain bikes (yes I just said that), cruise through downtown on my fixie, or stroll through PB and La Jolla with my gf on cruisers. Or better yet: go to the beach and body surf.
Did I just say "we?" gross...
Personally I am bothered by most road riders for the same reasons that have been mentioned time and time again in this thread: obsession with equipment, miles counting, strava poaching, egomania, blah blah. I suppose I have a different agenda when I'm on a road bike: training
If i want to ride for fun/casually, screw road riding. I'll hit up the trail with one of the company mountain bikes (yes I just said that), cruise through downtown on my fixie, or stroll through PB and La Jolla with my gf on cruisers. Or better yet: go to the beach and body surf.
Although I do have a fetish for cataloging climb catergories myself.
womp womp.
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09-06-13, 01:25 PM
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NOT Aussie. South London. https://english2english.tumblr.com/po...-have-heard-it
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Do you think that on www.golfforums.net there's a contingent that refuses to wear spikes or gloves and moreover mocks those who do as posers and wannabes?
Just curious.
Just curious.
09-06-13, 03:49 PM
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Oh, and the post would display more coherently use of language, too.
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I don't know who y"all ride with but I have met some real, honest to goodness, died in the wool decent human beings on two wheels and I am better for it. And that includes roadies.
It reminds me of the old saying, and I"m paraphrasing here, " if you meet a d-bag in the morning it just bad luck. If you meet d-bags all day then maybe the d-bag is you."
Judy sayin'.
It reminds me of the old saying, and I"m paraphrasing here, " if you meet a d-bag in the morning it just bad luck. If you meet d-bags all day then maybe the d-bag is you."
Judy sayin'.
