[ghostrider]

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?

[Industry_Hack]

Originally Posted by ghostrider

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".

[tankboy]

I thought a roadie was someone that traveled with a band

[Industry_Hack]

Originally Posted by tankboy

I thought a roadie was someone that traveled with a band

Close. They're pronounced differently.

[funetical]

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.

[TxCyclist]

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.

[Industry_Hack]

Originally Posted by Dean

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?

[hophead]

Originally Posted by Dean

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?

[Industry_Hack]

Originally Posted by hophead

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.

[Michigander]

Originally Posted by Industry_Hack

Yes. They're called "roadies".

That can be quite accurate.