Hate snobs on their common as muck bikes

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  • bompington
    bompington Posts: 7,674
    It's interesting how many posters are explaining how they do in fact look down on someone else, whether because of their flash bikes, cruddy bikes, fitness, unfitness, shaved legs, unshaved legs, spoke protector discs or whatever.
    Which just goes to demonstrate that snobbery is indeed alive and well in cycling.
  • Nuggs
    Nuggs Posts: 1,804
    Monty Dog wrote:
    I came to this conclusion on Sunday riding in Belgium - and the only real indication is by looking at their legs - if their legs aren't ripped and they have no calf definition, them I'm afraid they're either newbies or poseurs - come back with a few thousand miles in your legs and lets talk about it! BTW many people have commented on my 'scary' legs. I regularly got mocked about my eclectic bikes on club rides, but I have a reputation for making them suffer as a consequence...
    Oh noes. No matter how many miles I do, I still have legs that were modelled on pipe cleaners :(
  • father_jack
    father_jack Posts: 3,509
    Maybe you've split your lycra shorts and you've not noticed?
    Say... That's a nice bike..
    Trax T700 with Lew Racing Pro VT-1 ;-)
  • Starwasp
    Starwasp Posts: 59
    I am genuinely gobsmacked by the OP's comments. I have never come across anyone who was anything other than polite and friendly on a bike: be it on a MTB, a hybrid or a road bike.

    I spent a couple of months bombing around on a hybrid, the first 6 months of my born-again road bike life on a Claud Butler road bike, and then upgraded to a Trek Madone. Can't say I have had any change in reaction at all.
  • gavintc
    gavintc Posts: 3,009
    djbarren wrote:
    Hate was maybe a strong word, do not understand them and their snobbery, here goes,

    Look i dont think you should judge people based on there bike for goodness sakes its not the bike that makes the rider its the skill and ability of the rider that matters most.

    I have come to the point where I hate going to local events (sportives etc ) and having people laugh and point at me just because I have a lesser known make of bike than theirs,(Genesis Equilibrium) (1100 notes new) I say let your riding do the talking. So wot if its not a Treck, Specialized, Pinarello, Giant etc etc

    Some of us can not choose where we buy our bikes, esp if buying through the cycle to work scheme. Now that thats of my chest here is a pic of my steed wot do you guys think?

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    I always smoke the scorners in their Team replica kit ha ha, wanna bees and never have beens ha ha

    I think you have a problem. In all my time riding, I have never heard anyone laugh at another rider for the state of his bike. If they are laughing - it is not your bike they are laughing at. Get over yourself mate - perhaps that it is the real problem.
  • father_jack
    father_jack Posts: 3,509
    Seems you're the snob tbh
    Say... That's a nice bike..
    Trax T700 with Lew Racing Pro VT-1 ;-)
  • dillified
    dillified Posts: 2
    Dude, your bike is just fine. Smoke the posers on the hill and on the way down. Riding ability and technique is all that matters. The real deal is getting out there and feeling one with the bike and getting a good workout. That said i have progressed to a high end bike but i started out right where you are. Do the miles and see what happens, until then let them see your dust.
  • bompington
    bompington Posts: 7,674
    I must hang out with the wrong people, or else I'm just really unobservant, 'cos I've never noticed anyone laughing at me on my rusty second-hand Raleigh (£120).

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