Does anyone else love good bike stuff but hate how much moralizing has gone into what bike parts/standards are socially acceptable to use?I miss the good old days when the most controversial thing in cycling was not am I a mean judgmental asshole for having something even $1 more than the worst possible piece of shit death trap BSO, but rather, whether you should eat bananas before you ride, or how much water you should be drinking. Can you imagine how much better things would be if we focused on things that matter like whether it's stolen valor for a 50 year old cyclist to date a 25 year old cyclist? Most of all I want misguided luddites to fuck off to the netherlands and stop shitting up a perfectly good thing. There is literally nothing wrong with dicks, crabon, aero wheels, lycra, extremely bright lights that blink, and stuff like that.And furthermore you aren't making things better for cyclists by performatively hating people who enjoy cycling. You're always going to be the annoying faggot who should get off the road (or get off the sidewalk for some of you). Even if you scream how much you hate Castelli gear as you bleed out on the pavement underneath some karen in her SUV.
/sabg/ spurgeout about bikes general
Im more of an assos guy myself
Do you guys think Fred Armisen did a good Durianrider impression?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Pe7jtFvMYAI wish we had the good kind of food rider here and not reddit narwhal rider
>>2077658>but hate how much moralizing has gone into what bike parts/standards are socially acceptable to use?What?
>>2077685Do they still make these kinds of catalogs?
>>2077658>cycling was not am I a mean judgmental assholeWhat is even your point? Take more time to write your OP next time.
>>2077658it sounds like you're on the internet too much
>>2078966I’m not gonna lie I thought I was just having a stroke trying to read it
>>2078961They don't make those kind of ads anymore
>>2077658you are allowed to do all that stuff, and other people are allowed to think you look goofy. Also everyone but the most misguided pseudohipsters hates BSOs. Usually when people are sperging out it's more about whether it's worth buying a 13k superbike over a $200 marketplace bike, or even a 13k vs an $800 marketplace carbon bike that's not all that old. That being said, I've never seen this play out in the real world, basically I wave at mamils and they wave back, who burnt your tendies dude.
>>2079115>people are sperging out it's more about whether it's worth buying a 13k superbike over a $200 marketplace bike,Yeah nah, try "everyone is sperging out over someone recommending a $2k canyon with hydro dicks over the $1500 trek with cable dicks and acting like the canyon enjoyer was recommending a $15k pinarello and telling everyone with a $1500 bike that they suck and should die"Every discussion of shit online is like this now, someone recommends the $25 bottle over the $5 bottle and you people start foaming at the mouth about how $15k bottles of wine are a scam and everyone who has ever enjoyed a wine nicer than night train is a gullible pretentious slapstick french snob caricature with a monocle and a top hat
>>2079122basically you went on the internet and people were having dumbass flame wars, that has been happening since bible days man.there are numerous road riding forums where everybody has the most bike they can afford and rationalizing $1000 hunts for the perfect saddle. Maybe you're hanging out on average iq 70 subreddits and arguing with engagement bots, try not doing that. Well fuck, maybe that's exactly what I'm doing right now.
its less about the hardware itself and more that the market around these sorts of things is dumb as hell and abusive to the consumer, but thats also the case for tons of hobbieslook at what nvidia, AMD and intel did to the PC hobbyist marketlook at what a new car costs these daysand not just the prices but the reasons why, the same things apply to bicyclesif you want to spend 10 grand on a bicycle have at it, its a hobby, its expensive, you can enjoy it to your financial content, but youre not getting 10 grand worth of bike at all and in general youre not seeing anything unique or special to justify such a massive price hike on whats otherwise standard stuff anywayits why people look at 32" wheels with contempt, we all know its just so companies can sell you a new thing, and thats fine, but im still gonna laugh at anyone buying a $2000 steel frameset just because they think having a bigger wheel will make them ride better
>>2079298underrated take in general. By both sides of the "debate." You can't really seperate the equipment and the industries peddling it. We're in an era where the mainstream for most things is comically proprietary and borderline demands lock-in, which is an almost complete about-face from what cycling was like, mechanically, in the 80's. Sure, you always had your french bullshit and your campangolo weird stuff but even with that you can pretty much read up on what the pitfalls are and then just know. Luckily the alt market is still well served, like dia-compe exists. But if you want to really feel anywhere close to the cutting edge you have to buy in hard as fuck and even with the money aside a lot of people just can't bring themselves to it.
Riding a fast bike? Uh no. That's a hate crime
Cycling is about dressing up like a fun toddler with doodles on your body riding at 10mph to drink beer and smoke weed with some lgbtqts
