Interesting Social Experiment in Urban Environment

secretsqizz
secretsqizz Posts: 424
edited June 2010 in The bottom bracket
Needed to get to bike shop for a refund ... took out the mtb and dressed 'down'
No helmet.. no hi viz... sporting a footie jersey ..normal 3/4 DucknCover shorts ... basically camoflaging into the mindset of the stereotypical driver of just being ' a bloke on a bike' pottering about town and not a roadie with all the trappings of elitism in form of 'special' :wink: clothing and gear.

All saw me... no one got angry with me..no stupid close passes. even made two deliberate errors in road positioning just for the hell of it (as I was enjoying the pottering). actually got almost sympathetic looks as against potential aggression that you could normally expect on a busy Monday morning.... even taking ages and ages crossing a junction in a silly little gear.

the only clue that could have given me away was my footwear - spd shoes... but no one 'clocked'.

Aint life weird.....?
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  • shouldbeinbed
    shouldbeinbed Posts: 2,660
    Maybe they think that you could be them on a saturday jaunt to the park with the kids dressed like that, and there but for the grace of god.....

    A £3grand MTB looks more like the usual one-in-every-shed-in-England fare than a £200 road bike and magic eye lycra does.
  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,821
    Is this really surprising? A bloke on a mountain bike in civvies is treated more leniently than someone dressed like they know what they're doing on the roads
  • secretsqizz
    secretsqizz Posts: 424
    You have a point there....
    also brings to the mind if I am being wholly honest, the last time I enjoyed riding my road bike 100% .... well it wasnt in the UK for sure.
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