Quote Originally Posted by Catrin View Post
We can ride together

I don't understand the attitude that lies under all of this - guess that is just part of the more difficult part of human nature. if I were a few decades younger it would have bothered me, but not any more
Sure, sounds like fun. We can be heretical together.

Not to threadjack, but when I first got my bike, my boyfriend wanted to take the wheel reflectors off "because you don't need them and they add weight." Um, if I were worried about weight, I'd have bought a more expensive bike! His road cycling was greatly influenced by a former scoutmaster who was very much a part of the "roadie culture". This was someone BF greatly admired, and while this guy would tone it down for the scout troop (apparently there's a cycling merit badge...?) because of practicality and $$ reasons, it very much rubbed off on him. The scoutmaster did make an exception, however, for Camelbaks--they're in Arizona!
(Turned out BF couldn't get the reflectors off... )