A bike is not judged by how cheap or how expensive it is.

[weisan]

Get it?

[cmbicycles]

I dunno, all of mine were judged to be cheap... well, cheap enough to be affordable for me to own anyway.

[earlfoss]

Bikes can be judged however we see fit!

[dbnm]

Is the owner/rider wearing Rapha?

[54ny77]

is paceline the new "5th grade playground politics forum?"

adults navel gazing about their bikes and what others think of it/them is rather weird.

[Cicli]

Originally Posted by 54ny77

is paceline the new "5th grade playground politics forum?"

adults navel gazing about their bikes and what others think of it/them is rather weird.

Agreed. Who cares?

[El Chaba]

My operating premise has always been that I don't care what anybody else rides....I do obsess about my own bikes from time to time....

[beeatnik]

Is this Passoni related content?

[Mzilliox]

I am seriously missing something around here lately... so many odd codes and passive aggressive weirdness. I mean its been oddly cold here, haven't seen the sun in a couple weeks, but it just means i need to buy a new Ti frame to satisfy the craving, thats all.

[C40_guy]

Originally Posted by El Chaba

My operating premise has always been that I don't care what anybody else rides....I do obsess about my own bikes from time to time....

I've been a serious cyclist since '72, and sometimes it is about the bike.

I don't care what others ride, except to lust after them (the bikes!)...

That having been said, I recently became a runner and found a difference in attitude refreshing. Runners typically have multiple pairs of running shoes, duplicates and different shoes for different purposes (sound familiar?). But runners don't compete with one another, they compete against themselves...can I PR in this race (even though I'm placing 479 in a race of 900 people). And runners will bend over backwards to help one another while out on a run, during a race, whatever.

Not that there's not a lot of comraderie in the biking community...but we are focused on equipment in a way that runners mostly are not...

[paredown]

Originally Posted by C40_guy

I've been a serious cyclist since '72, and sometimes it is about the bike.

I don't care what others ride, except to lust after them (the bikes!)...

That having been said, I recently became a runner and found a difference in attitude refreshing. Runners typically have multiple pairs of running shoes, duplicates and different shoes for different purposes (sound familiar?). But runners don't compete with one another, they compete against themselves...can I PR in this race (even though I'm placing 479 in a race of 900 people). And runners will bend over backwards to help one another while out on a run, during a race, whatever.

Not that there's not a lot of comraderie in the biking community...but we are focused on equipment in a way that runners mostly are not...

As you sugges--equipment matters for competitive cycling in a way that is fairly unique--more like car or motorcycle racing. Just talk to someone who has lost a race because of equipment failure. Some of the obsessiveness starts there. For recreational cyclists--stranded is the equivalent, I suppose.

But the willingness to slag off on other people's equipment choice or especially setups for recreational cyclists??--seems a little silly to me.

If people are getting out and riding, and it is on a Walmart bike with J-bars and four flashers, that's OK with me. It's a big tent IMO.

[ColonelJLloyd]

It's winter af around here.

[Clean39T]

Originally Posted by ColonelJLloyd

It's winter af around here.

Tour Down Under is a short month away...

[Mzilliox]

Originally Posted by ColonelJLloyd

It's winter af around here.

Could not have put it any better, hahahahhahaha

[Kontact]

Could this thread be moved to the Platitudes subforum?