Is it just me... (1 Viewer)

[Gordo]

or does everyone that rides bike these days look like they are in the Tour de France?

Just an observation.

 

[NutterButter]

Been like that for years.

 

[mr roboto]

Yuppie dudes, rich suburban types.

 

[Riversco]

I don't. I somehow got near a group of them though and one of them (I refer to him as King of the Douchebags) actually waited until we all stopped at a red light, then got off his bike, walked over to me, and lectured me right there on not wearing a helmet. I just laughed.

 

[Ditka Butkus]

They are the original numb nuts....literally.

 

[Annyong]

Yuppie dudes, rich suburban types.

Yep. I see them all the time. The best was the dude I saw this week who had to weigh close to 300 lbs. Fully decked out in the body suit and helmet. Had to be going about 8 mph

 

[Jayrod]

I don't. I somehow got near a group of them though and one of them (I refer to him as King of the Douchebags) actually waited until we all stopped at a red light, then got off his bike, walked over to me, and lectured me right there on not wearing a helmet. I just laughed.

I'd punch him in the face and ask him where his helmet god is now.

 

[Ilov80s]

I live right off this long park that has a road that goes on for 20 or so miles across lakes and parks. For years it has been littered with Lance Armstrongs. They of course ride in the street like they own it.

 

[Fariq]

or does everyone that rides bike these days look like they are in the Tour de France?

Just an observation.

No. Many people I see riding bikes are not dressed that way.

 

[NutterButter]

Yuppie dudes, rich suburban types.

Yep. I see them all the time. The best was the dude I saw this week who had to weigh close to 300 lbs. Fully decked out in the body suit and helmet. Had to be going about 8 mph

Those guys are a bike salesmans wet dream

 

[Chaka]

I don't. I somehow got near a group of them though and one of them (I refer to him as King of the Douchebags) actually waited until we all stopped at a red light, then got off his bike, walked over to me, and lectured me right there on not wearing a helmet. I just laughed.

I agree that he should not have done that but why don't you wear a helmet?

 

[Freelove]

I feel like it verges on 100% if you combine those with the guys who are embracing the pseudo-punk 80's NYC bike messenger dirtbag chic look on their fixies and single speeds.

 

[Kal El]

There are tons of groups of riders in south Florida, many of them triathletes. I'll gladly share the road, but let's not hog an entire lane of a two-lane road, ok? None of you are likely to win the Tour de France or your triathlon race, so stop acting like the whole road belongs to you. Besides, from what I've seen, triathlons are not even a little bit close to fun.

 

[Gordo]

or does everyone that rides bike these days look like they are in the Tour de France?

Just an observation.

No. Many people I see riding bikes are not dressed that way.

Wrong, they all look like http://metrouk2.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/ad118859099epa03921706-year.jpg

 

[jon_mx]

I go more for the Miss Gulch look from the Wizzard of Oz.

 

[pack100]

I don't. I somehow got near a group of them though and one of them (I refer to him as King of the Douchebags) actually waited until we all stopped at a red light, then got off his bike, walked over to me, and lectured me right there on not wearing a helmet. I just laughed.

You live in the chicago suburbs? You just described my neighbor.

 

[Osaurus]

Compression socks are all the rage too.

 

[The General]

Yuppie dudes, rich suburban types.

Yep. I see them all the time. The best was the dude I saw this week who had to weigh close to 300 lbs. Fully decked out in the body suit and helmet. Had to be going about 8 mph

Imagine how slow he would be in normal shorts.