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Originally Posted by steelbikerider
I think Pastis has the arrogant roadie prick down pretty well. Every time I see Jef the Cyclist, I am reminded of past or present riding buddies. My wife says I'm not completely innocent some of Jef's attitudes.
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It's funny because there's some truth in it. That's why good jokes are funny, it's a humorous exaggeration of a truth.
It reminds me of the tongue in cheek Velominati rules. It's a joke but some cyclist actually adher to a few if them
http://www.velominati.com/the-rules/comment-page-8/
When they started some 9-10 years ago,
The Rules helped codify some of the unwritten roadie traditions while also mocking those traditions. It was a tongue-in-cheek joke. Unfortunately, irony and satire are often too sophisticated for the general cycling public.
The pompous, self-righteous, self-appointed road cycling mandarins who imagined they were promoting road cycling by protecting its purity and excluding those who did not cycle according to the rules latched onto The Rules as proof that they were right.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/getmytr...nce-begin/amp/