fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Rapha kit - says it all really.
Elitism and Snobbery
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Accy cyclist
Legendary Member
- Location
- The hills of Accrington
Er,this is what you need to look
https://www.cycle-clothing.co.uk/bsk-lancashire-mens-short-sleeve-cycling-jersey-2748-p.asp
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
I go out with a bunch of MTB'ers. Fortunately, no-one is snobby - they are a sound bunch. We have guys on very expensive bikes, one who comes out on an e-MTB, and some lads who are on cheap Voodoo's (one lad is seriously quick up and down hill). It doesn't matter - the only thing is your bike needs to work properly - nothing more demoralising stopping for mechanicals every few miles.
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
[QUOTE 5279066, member: 9609"]wonder what your mates would make of my cheap bolloxs - 30 year old bike and clothes to match - and my pesta-dela-resistance my summer cycling gloves (old gardening cloves with the fingers snipped off)
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and bits of hi viz tape (salvaged from a builders hi-viz type vest found in a hedge) sewn onto my clothes
but my rolling annual mileage of over 6000 miles means I'm as much a cyclist as any of them[/QUOTE]
Sort that bar tape out you scruff !!
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and bits of hi viz tape (salvaged from a builders hi-viz type vest found in a hedge) sewn onto my clothes
but my rolling annual mileage of over 6000 miles means I'm as much a cyclist as any of them[/QUOTE]
Sort that bar tape out you scruff !!
raleighnut
Legendary Member
- Location
- One of the 'Elite'
Can't beat scruffy cloth bar tape for grip though,Sort that bar tape out you scruff !!
Biker Joe
Über Member
- Location
- Nr Harlow, Essex.
[QUOTE 5279066, member: 9609"]wonder what your mates would make of my cheap bolloxs - 30 year old bike and clothes to match - and my pesta-dela-resistance my summer cycling gloves (old gardening cloves with the fingers snipped off)
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you can see what part of the gloves keeps my handlebars so shiny
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and bits of hi viz tape (salvaged from a builders hi-viz type vest found in a hedge) sewn onto my clothes
but my rolling annual mileage of over 6000 miles means I'm as much a cyclist as any of them[/QUOTE]
I love your attitude. I would ride with you anytime.
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you can see what part of the gloves keeps my handlebars so shiny
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and bits of hi viz tape (salvaged from a builders hi-viz type vest found in a hedge) sewn onto my clothes
but my rolling annual mileage of over 6000 miles means I'm as much a cyclist as any of them[/QUOTE]
I love your attitude. I would ride with you anytime.
Accy cyclist
Legendary Member
- Location
- The hills of Accrington
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Scruffy bar tape 
- I draw the line at that ! Cheap black bar tape - that's all you need, but it can't be scruffy !
- I draw the line at that ! Cheap black bar tape - that's all you need, but it can't be scruffy !
Heltor Chasca
Out-riding the Black Dog
Sort that bar tape out you scruff !!
I wasn’t going to mention the massive pile of crumbs on the garage floor. That is your garage isn’t it?
raleighnut
Legendary Member
- Location
- One of the 'Elite'
Accy cyclist
Legendary Member
- Location
- The hills of Accrington
Supersuperleeds
Legendary Member
- Location
- Leicester
Er,this is what you need to look
https://www.cycle-clothing.co.uk/bsk-lancashire-mens-short-sleeve-cycling-jersey-2748-p.asp
That's where I got my Yorkshire one from.
Supersuperleeds
Legendary Member
- Location
- Leicester
Nah mate, it keeps the flies away from the rest of us
cheeky git
Randomnerd
Bimbleur
- Location
- North Yorkshire
Those are old digestive biscuits he’s reconstituting with used cooking oil into power bars for late-night rides, seeing his way with home-made methane gas light. DAMHIKT
There is all manner of snobbery at play when we go out in public. All of it is a reflection of who we want to be seen as, not who we are. In recreational cycling maybe more so than in real life.
Those who berate Rapha kit are displaying the same snobbery as the Rapha wearers who look down on the OP for his choice in attire.
Wear what you want, and what expresses who you are a person. Be comfortable, show off, knit your own kit from baler twine. But whatever you do, don’t worry what other people think.
I’d choose to ride with a new group if I were you. But I’m not. If you like their company, take it with a pinch of salt. Use their snobbery against them even - Reiver-cise your cockpit; drop in to the local charity shop and score something floral for your next run.
Profpointy
Legendary Member
Just reply saying "it is nice kit" (pause) "all the gear and no idea I suppose" Say it with a smile and lightheartedly and your winning of the banter competition should trump any kit competition that is going on. If you can out-cycle them on an old raleigh shopping bike too, that would nail it
