If I went around in the heaviest most inefficient shoes possible to make a statement, people would rightly think I was a tryhard, trying to show off how strong I was, or otherwise basically see it as impractical, quixotic, or foolhardy. Normal people prefer lighter shoes that are more comfortable and efficient. Especially elderly women, people who aren't fitness freaks, etc.Yet if I do the same with a bicycle, all the urbanists want to suck my cock for being "practical". With bicycles, riding something comfortable, efficient, that doesn't ride like a boat anchor, is tryhard, show-off behavior. The least practical bike is seen as practical down to earth stuff for normals, and the most practical bike is seen as status-seeking show-off sports equipment for the very strong. Casuals belong on bikes that convert most of your pedal input energy into rattlecan noises and heating up the tires. Bikes that are reasonably effective at "bike things" are classified as competitive hobby gear.When did this mentality take root and who is responsible?
Can you post examples of what you consider a practical bike VS what others see as a practical bike in your opinion because your post is somewhat confusing.
>>2066650if shoes contained a mechanism that allowed you to give a small, consistent input from your legs and the shoes walked for you much faster even up strenuous hills, then it really wouldn't matter how much the shoes weighed as long as the output was greater than your ordinary leg strength, right?
>>2066650The only example of a bike that I'd consider comparable to lead shoes is riding a fatbike not in winter or on the beach. Even a soft-tail downhill MTB is reasonably efficient on a flat road. It sucks compared to a roadbike, but it beats walking, every day of the week.Next door thread says that Electra Townie is the most popular bike in the US, and it's a good example of a "good enough" bike. It goes. That's all that's expected of it, and that's what it does. It's the equivalent of cheap sneakers. Not as good for morning jogs as proper running shoes, not as good at walking 15 miles a day as hiking boots, good enough for everyday use.
No one cares this much.
I'm not retarded enough to think carbon is like a glass cannon but if you parked a carbon bike on a bike rack everyday it would destroy it
>>2066660>Next door thread says that Electra Townie is the most popular bike in the US, and it's a good example of a "good enough" bike. It goes. That's a great example of lies via statistics. If you count sales by SKU #, and sort most to least, you're going to get market outliers at the top of the list, because it's a low-information market. The rest of the market may have 100 different models for one classification. The Electra Townie may have 5 serious competitors at best, because the buyer is just going to garage it after 2 or 3 rides. So there's no need to tweak it to steal customers away from the competitor. And if Trek is the best selling brand, duh, it's going to come out looking like an incredibly popular bike. Whereas comparatively speaking it's not that popular.If you take an honest look at the market you'll probably find that by lumping all same-ish bikes into buckets, like say, Gravel, Road, MTB, Hybrid, the Electra suddenly doesn't look so popular. Even if you break it down more to say, Road Endurance, Road Aero, Cross Country, CX, etc, you're still going to vastly outnumber the Electra Townie even in the more autistic categories.
>>2066650I didn't realize how strong my legs were from riding my 1948 skip tooth chain bike until I got back to Japan and hopped on my six speed girly bike. Like, I can just leave it in top gear and it's still easier to ride than my classic tank bike.
>IF YOU ARENT WEAIRNG LYCRA, FACE DOWN ASS UP, AND CARRYING Z E R O EXTRA WEIGHT, YOU ARE A LITERAL FUCKING CHILDyou already had a thread>>2054733
i have never seen an "electra townie" in my life and can only surmise that this new wave of /n/ posts about it is viral marketing
>>2066681you probably have and just didn't realize it because they're just basic-ass cruisers and nobody gives a fuck
>>2066684nope. no one here rides cruisers. the typical entry level bike is a "hybrid" "mtb" from canadian tire or an oldschool road bike with very straight body lines.
NOOOOOOO YOU NEED TO GET A "Dutch Style" BIKE OR ELSE YOU'RE A FRED NOOOOOOOOO
