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Look guys - its just my observation. I guess its because lots of serious roadies use east lothian where I sometimes use bits of road but its very noticeable. Try riding without a helmet and in ordinary clothes and see how you get blanked.
You definitely get a different reaction when you don't have a silly plastic hat on
That's true ..
But...
WHO CARES!!!!
They ride like that ..but I ride in unpadded shorts normal shirts mtb shoes and enduro helmet in cx on the road with 35mm tyres on 9 speed with frame packs and seatpack...I have fun regardless.. and I honestly DONT CARE if people judge me for that..
Just ride fun and dont constrain yourself to 'one of them'if that not your style..cycling is for everyone..just in there own style..
There’s something very wrong if a road bike is “grim” or “unforgiving” and requires “more concentration” than an MTB! I’d say spinning along the tarmac with the sun on your face and the wind at your back can be almost a meditative experience
Genuine LOL at this one, clearly you've never been on the roads up here. Just about one step from unmetalled in places.
Also, more like rain in your face and wind at your, um, face.
You definitely get a different reaction when you don’t have a silly plastic hat on
Is it cos I is helmetless?
So they're not miserable as such, they're being "non-helmet-ist"... The bigots!
I'm sure you can provide evidence of this being the basis for their slighting of you...
...clearly you’ve never been on the roads up here...
Fair enough. I've only cycled as far north as Caithness in recent years. I guess you're talking about further north than that?
Cool, want a prize?
I was talking about SW Scotland FWIW, I just made the crazy assumption that like the majority of the population you resided south of that area.
Guess we found the miserable git at any rate.
I've got no idea who most of the people are on here, so I try not to make assumptions about where they are riding.
As I said above, I haven't experienced the "miserable road cyclist" syndrome, and the argument that road cycling is so grim and demanding that riders are blind to everything else is just daft. Five hours on Scottish roads yesterday, lots of people out cycling with smiles on their faces, friendly acknowledgements all round, snubbed by no one.
I grew up cycling in SW Scotland. The roads have certainly deteriorated since then, but there are still miles of great tarmac there.