Too much snobbery

[biggs682]

i have noticed more and more that there is too much snobbery involved in cycling .

if your machine cost less than a couple of grand then it seems that other people do not seem to consider us as cyclists , surely its the fact that we enjoy cycling and riding the bikes we own no matter how much it cost .

or is it just me ?

 

[Smokin Joe]

I don't want to be a snob, but there are two B's in snobbery.

 

[Ellis456]

Yea there is, just ignore them biggs, lifes to short and there the sad ones, we only live a short life how sad huh?.

 

[biggs682]

thanks smokin joe

 

[roadrash]

ride what you like and like what you ride and dont give a sh*t what anyone else thinks

 

[ianrauk]

ride what you like and like what you ride and dont give a sh*t what anyone else thinks

And here endeth the lesson.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

ride what you like and like what you ride and dont give a sh*t what anyone else thinks

And here endeth the lesson.

+1 for that, I first noticed the snobbery in cycling several years ago, and have been ignoring it ever since, lifes to short, if your riding a bike your a cyclist.

 

[Andy_R]

Have you ever considered that the snobbery might be based around "I paid £ for two wheels, a frame and some bits but you got it for less. I hate you. With a passion. You pikey git."

If you look at it like that, then you can just smile and wave. Oh, by the way, a lot of the cycle snobs are also unaware of the fact that whilst they spent X hundreds of pounds on a bike that weighs 4 ounces less than yours, all they really had to do was not eat that doughnut at their desk at 11.00. Would have saved them hundreds of pounds. W@nkers!

 

[Brains]

There is no snobbery in cycling, the oiks just need to be kept in their place

Yous etc.
Sir Rupert Campag-Roberts-Condor of Tonbridge Wells

 

[colly]

i have noticed more and more that there is too much snobbery involved in cycling .

if your machine cost less than a couple of grand then it seems that other people do not seem to consider us as cyclists , surely its the fact that we enjoy cycling and riding the bikes we own no matter how much it cost .

or is it just me ?

I wondered why no one was speaking to me.

 

[vernon]

Snobbery only exists if you want it to be. Feeling offended by perceived snobbery is as a problem caused equally by the victim and the alleged snob. The cure is simple.

I'm comfortable, in my own skin and with my own company. If a fellow cyclist doesn't acknowledge my presence, so what?

I don'r feel belittled by expensive machinery or the associated affluence that allows its rider to purchase it.

A bike is a bike.

 

[snorri]

or is it just me ?

It might be, or perhaps it's a regional thing, I've never been aware of it.

 

[slowmotion]

My dear, anybody who drops less than £300 on eyewear is, frankly, not quite my cup of tea.

Pip Pip.

 

[Stephenite]

i have noticed more and more that there is too much snobbery involved in cycling .

if your machine cost less than a couple of grand then it seems that other people do not seem to consider us as cyclists , surely its the fact that we enjoy cycling and riding the bikes we own no matter how much it cost .

or is it just me ?

How many bikes do you have Biggsy?

It's not quality it's quantity that counts.

 

[ufkacbln]

+1 for that, I first noticed the snobbery in cycling several years ago, and have been ignoring it ever since, lifes to short, if your riding a bike your a cyclist.

Unless you are a POB?