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Old 06-25-2021, 01:27 PM
Mark McM Mark McM is offline
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Originally Posted by bicycletricycle View Post
For me, if you aren't supporting yourself riding your bike than it is all just some version of a coffee shop race. Nothing is riding on your efforts other than your ego. Spending money to win with more aero wheels isn't actually helping you accomplish anything "important" IMHO.
What? Beating your local buddies to the coffee shop by 0.2 seconds for nothing more than bragging rights is not important? Why, that's heresy! Burn the blasphemer!

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Originally Posted by bicycletricycle View Post
Again, to be clear. I have no problem with any of this and if it is your thing than go for it. It just doesn't make a lot of sense to me. Although I do like to watch F1 which is perhaps the strangest sport, almost like watching 2 states in an all out war.
Speaking of which, this was overheard at an auto museum:

Tour guide: "The 1st automobile was invented by Karl Benz in 1885."

Small child: "When did they start racing automobiles?"

Tour guide: "Just after the invention of the 2nd automobile."
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