answer the poll

Bike Messenger - you are the professional - (dispatchers, retired and between jobs mess apply)

Bike Geek - you are usually a jobless minor or a bike shop employee

Cool/ Hip Bike rider - dare I say hipster you ride bikes because they are fun functional
cheap fashion that get chics almost as well as a flashy car

Cyclist - your competitive nature is all business you are the alpha dog and you wear the spandex and attitude to prove it

I stand outside.

I consider myself a bike geek. I am not jobless, nor a minor but it seemed the best fit. I do not compete much, hipsters hate me more than they hate other hipsters, and I am not a messanger. I do love to ride around, talk about bikes, and [when i have to] work on bikes.

why do we have to fall into these clearly defined catigories?

Pedicabber fo' life!

multiple votes are allowed - or atleast I selected the option and it didn't work oh well

you guys are the worst the cross between a cab and a slow bike rider bah
atleast in my city these guys are allowed to use the bike lanes and they are as big as a min and as slow as a segway tour

I'm in between geek and hipster. I guess I'm a geekster.

im just a guy who likes bikes, and likes to ride them.

where does that place me?

None of the above.

Pretty limited options. Apparently nobody commutes by bike where you live.

bike geek more than likely

my brief descriptions are for the unimaginative minds they are extreme and short examples of each category common sense is always good to go by

don't you have your own sub forum?

the description of bike geek was pretty far off/weird in my opinion

the title is self explanatory but the added description is to say these apply even though you think they don't

i.e. who woulda thought messengers / dispatchers are the same category? and yeah I have a particularly bleak view of a wide majority of bike geeks

Agreed. My idea of a bike geek is somebody who has been around bikes for decades and has a wealth of knowledge or a college kid (often mechanical engineer) who hands down loves bikes and has researched he hell out of the technical aspects of biking. Or somewhere inbetween. Bike geeks can easily fall into any other category of biker.

bikes are supposed to get you chicks?

yes unfortunately they do but not the kind of chicks you want to date any longer than say a week

ha, i don't need a WHOLE week!
maybe i should give this a try...

ah I see the one night variety

false? I met the girl of my dreams because of my bike lust. 2 years and going strong.

well good luck I hope it works it just 90% of the bike girls around here are the one night type

the wife and I are going on 7 yrs and we met doing something other than our hobbies polar opposites

Yeah, cause women who are into the same pass times as you are obviously not keepers.

I am all, but none.

middle two cept i don't get chicks i'm off the market

Is this profession so desirable that it gives you a benefit that I only know exists for a president? Once president, always referred to as President so-and-so. Once a bike messenger, you can forever claim that's what you are?

There's a market? Do I need to do something to get actively traded?

After the IPO everything seems to be easier.