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Old 10-23-2009, 03:36 PM   #1
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Bike elitists?

Has anyone else ever come across people who are bike elitists who only ride extremely rare expensive bikes and look down on anything else, etc?


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Old 10-23-2009, 03:56 PM   #2
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Has anyone else ever come across people who are bike elitists who only ride extremely rare expensive bikes and look down on anything else, etc?
Yes. They're called "roadies".
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Old 10-23-2009, 04:05 PM   #3
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I thought a roadie was someone that traveled with a band
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Old 10-23-2009, 04:12 PM   #4
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I thought a roadie was someone that traveled with a band
Close. They're pronounced differently.
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Old 10-23-2009, 05:16 PM   #5
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I'll pull up next to people at stop lights and try to say something to them and they'll just ignore me. Austin in general is pretentious though so I've come to expect it.
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Old 10-23-2009, 05:34 PM   #6
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I haven't noticed it that much but I've gotten some bad vibes from a few people here and there who ride single speeds exclusively.
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Old 10-23-2009, 05:42 PM   #7
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I haven't noticed it that much but I've gotten some bad vibes from a few people here and there who ride single speeds exclusively.
Single speeds, or fixed?
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Old 10-23-2009, 06:40 PM   #8
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I haven't noticed it that much but I've gotten some bad vibes from a few people here and there who ride single speeds exclusively.
Hmmmm, I guess I won't take offense to that since I do ride geared bikes occasionally--maybe 5% of the time. Does that mean that I'm a dick 95% of the time?
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Old 10-23-2009, 07:04 PM   #9
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Hmmmm, I guess I won't take offense to that since I do ride geared bikes occasionally--maybe 5% of the time. Does that mean that I'm a dick 95% of the time?
In all fairness, I'm noticing that there seems to be less and less dickishness on the other site.
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Old 10-23-2009, 07:21 PM   #10
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Yes. They're called "roadies".
That can be quite accurate.


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