slow horse
Well-Known Member
Thanks for that rabbit hole.
Bike envy
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Rusty Nails
We remember
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- Living in the slow lane
You're welcome.
Making diversions from the main subject is an art practiced a lot on CC, especially on repetitive threads where the subject has been discussed many times before and a slight diversion makes the ride a bit more interesting....a bit like my bike rides, in fact.
Alex321
Guru
- Location
- South Wales
There is only one from that area of the country I watch that I really connect with Pinarello, and that is Amy.
Yes, I know, that is why I was wondering if they might be different in real life.
Drago
Legendary Member
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- Suburban Poshshire
I deleted my Strava account after that ride.
It was a segment I rode daily without giving it a second thought and one day I noticed I was 11th out of 7000 odd without even knowing it.
with this knowledge I spent a few days sizing it up and getting a feel for where to put on the power, where to brake for the corner, how quickly I could safely navigate the curve, etc.
Then I went for it. For about a quarter mile I used every ounce of power and skill available to me and smashed my way round, but when I crossed the 'finish line'and eased off the power I neatly fainted,
That scared me a bit. I'd pinched the KoM convincingly with a 1.6 second margin, but I was in my early 50s and the rational part of me was saying that I could really hurt myself, or worse, if I carried on doing that. So, after a few days enjoying the awesomeness I deleted my account and the app.
Andy in Germany
Guru
- Location
- Rottenburg am Neckar
Point made right there, I think: if you're keeping up, you're proving that the bike isn't the most important thing. I wonder if the banter is to cover for their awareness of this? From experience, sometimes this sort of "shaming" is because you've unconsciously got under their skin.
I've never had a problem with this, because I think my main bikes are the most awesome bikes ever, even though one lady on an E-Bike once commented, "That poor young man has one of those old bikes with gears on the frame." She had no idea how long it took to find someone who could fit those for me...
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Dirk Van Der Dirk
Active Member
Sod em. Like the pratts who swan about in expensive motors...most of it all on tick and they're living a life of being in large amounts of debt. I have an old uni friend like that, earns over 150k pa, gets all the latest gear that the media tells him he needs to have, massive house and mortgage to boot, maserati on tick, then moans he's skint every month! Course you are mate, caught up in the circle of soulless materialism. Again, sod em, they are the mugs, not you. Oh and before anyone says it, yes I know the above may not necessarily apply to everyone with top tier bikes.
But, it’s about personal choice, if that’s how he like to live and he’s happy, who cares.
Because this rampant, unsustainable consumption is ultimately detrimental to everyone; financially, environmentally and socially...
If you can afford it, it‘s not necessarily unsustainable
PaulSB
Squire
- Location
- Chorley, Lancashire
What @wafter means is our planet cannot sustain our current levels of consumption. It has nothing to do with whether or not the individual has the financial resources.
Absolutely this. Consumptive capitalism has done a great job of de-coupling the genuine, intrinsic worth of an item (in terms of energy / resource / disposal cost and practical utility) from it's "value" in our made-up paper currency..
cyberknight
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Rusty Nails
We remember
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- Living in the slow lane
The trouble is my level of consumption is just about right, but it is everybody else's levels of consumption that is causing the problems.
slow horse
Well-Known Member
Other people do seem to be an increasing problem in today's society.
