poser cyclists

There are far less cyclists wearing Discovery/Postal kits than fat slobs wearing football and baseball jerseys or NASCAR leather jackets. A least those fans (cyclists) are actually doing the sport they support. I kind of like obscure D3 pro team look or even better support your local club/shop with a team kit.

Wookdaddy said:

FrenchCycling you really need to find another past time one that you can soley enjoy without worrying about if Lance is a Dope, or about so called posers... you clearly are a negative person at heart that obviously does not have any idols to look up to.

Sad an sorry dude!!!

Wookdaddy, i don't know if you realize that cycling forums are designed for discussions on cycling. The threads which i post are not mearly refections of my own beliefs. You would have to be very simple minded to think such a thing. Instead, my threads are used to ignight discusions on popular and opinionated yet unaddressed topics. This would explain why some of my threads are very popular on the forum. Maybe this is because i am savy enough to tap into what cyclists think about. (after all YOU did open this thread).

Finally, don't insult me. It doing so you ingore the topic at hand. This makes you look silly in your own little way.

Sad an sorry dude.

dont call me a poseur because I wear my usps jersey in 24 hour races because its comfortable!

capwater said:

There are far less cyclists wearing Discovery/Postal kits than fat slobs wearing football and baseball jerseys or NASCAR leather jackets. A least those fans (cyclists) are actually doing the sport they support. I kind of like obscure D3 pro team look or even better support your local club/shop with a team kit.

Not fat or a slob, but I do own a DuPont NASCAR jacket as well as an Ferrari F1 jacket. More of novelty items to show your support for the team. But to each his own apparently.

i wear a seattle mariners cap and not only do i NOT play for the mariners, i don't even play baseball. guess i'm a poseur 😄

I get vibed from cyclists all the time because I go out in a T-shirt, B-ball shorts and hat on backward ... I love to just get on the bike and ride - Many times, I'll mess with my set-up and take a quick run to see if I like it; so I don't bother with the jersey or shorts. Many times that quick run turns into 90 minutes or more.

I've actually said hello to other riders and been ignored. I've waved to passing riders who pretend not to see me.

How hard is it to say hello or wave or even smile ...?

capwater said:

There are far less cyclists wearing Discovery/Postal kits than fat slobs wearing football and baseball jerseys or NASCAR leather jackets. A least those fans (cyclists) are actually doing the sport they support. I kind of like obscure D3 pro team look or even better support your local club/shop with a team kit.

SO TRUE! Good point!

frenchcycling said:

Wookdaddy, i don't know if you realize that cycling forums are designed for discussions on cycling. The threads which i post are not mearly refections of my own beliefs. You would have to be very simple minded to think such a thing. Instead, my threads are used to ignight discusions on popular and opinionated yet unaddressed topics. This would explain why some of my threads are very popular on the forum. Maybe this is because i am savy enough to tap into what cyclists think about. (after all YOU did open this thread).

Or perhaps we opened it because we find your pseudo-intellectual drivel amusing. It's special in its own little way. I'm with Wilmar on this one. Riding around in a team kit isn't half as bad as going tanning in it to get the lines just right without the bother of actually riding.

artmichalek said:

Or perhaps we opened it because we find your pseudo-intellectual drivel amusing. It's special in its own little way. I'm with Wilmar on this one. Riding around in a team kit isn't half as bad as going tanning in it to get the lines just right without the bother of actually riding.

pseudo-intellectual drivel? why do you call what i say that? please explain. read the original question:

"What stuff do you guys think makes up a poser cyclist? (for example, team issue equiptment, discovery channel kit, hairly legs, carbon everything etc.)"

Is this pseudo intellectual, or intellectual at all? You must think that 4+3 is complex mathmatics.

I'm sorry, is the language to complex for you? (complex means not easy to understand)

3_days said:

I get vibed from cyclists all the time because I go out in a T-shirt, B-ball shorts and hat on backward ... I love to just get on the bike and ride - Many times, I'll mess with my set-up and take a quick run to see if I like it; so I don't bother with the jersey or shorts. Many times that quick run turns into 90 minutes or more.

I've actually said hello to other riders and been ignored. I've waved to passing riders who pretend not to see me.

How hard is it to say hello or wave or even smile ...?

Unfortunatly I'll get that fairly often too I don't know why its like if you don't have the proper apparel you just aren't cool enough.

Kazoo said:

Unfortunatly I'll get that fairly often too I don't know why its like if you don't have the proper apparel you just aren't cool enough.

I find I get a totally different reaction from the "serious" 🙄 cyclists when I'm out riding my Dura-Ace equipped Cannondale CAAD5 while wearing lycra and a jersey than I get when I'm out on my fendered, lugged steel, single-speed commuter bike wearing baggies and a tee shirt.

It's really lame in my opinion. I'm "good enough" to warrant a smile and a nod when I'm on my high-end racer (which I just sold on eBay to buy another lugged steel frame BTW) but when I'm on my commuter I'm not "cool enough" for them to aknowledge me. We're all cyclists regardless of our equipment and clothing. Funny thing is, my guess is that I put on a lot more miles than most of those guys do.

Get over yourselves (you know who you are)!

If you are willing to go out and suffer for a few hours on a bike, I wouldn't term that a poseur. Doesn't matter how fast you go just that you are willing to give it your all. This differs greatly from the person hanging out at the coffee shop who thinks 10 miles is a long ride. I not really worried about about what other people think anyway and neither should anyone else.

As far as the greetings go, I'll give the thumbs up to the kid on the big wheel or a wave to the old lady on a beach cruiser just as I would to the dude on the Colnago. Man, what does it take to be friendly??

Get out and ride.......

I'm obviously new at cycling. But I've noticed that through all of the sports I've done, there's always that "poser" stage.

At the beginning of everyone beginning any sport (with acceptions) they'll look like a newbie or poser. In Paintball? It's the kids wearing camo during Speed Ball or wearing "tourny" gear just to look good while their gun costs less then what they're wearing. You get my point...

In cycling, I've noticed that a lot of guys around here wear team jerseys or Trek, Cannondale, Ada Bikeshop (etc) Jerseys with other symbols on it. Some of them may not be on a team or they may be... I don't know. But to each his own.

Going to the "gear" argument. My problem is, I have yet to see an appealing jersey that doesn't have all of that "extra" on it. I'm planning on getting the VW Trek Jersey to wear while I ride. I guess if that makes me a poser, along with me dropping a grand (haha, not much at all.) on my set-up... I wont go out and buy Lances shoes or the yellow, green, or polka dotted jersey. It's not like I'll go buy a two foot long aero-dynamic helmet just because I have the "resources" I think it best to just save up for some moderate gear, then go from there. And then... like Jordan, the other Lance shoes will come out and I'll get those! 😄 Kidding! But yes... if it's about the gear and experience, then for now, I am some what of a "poser", I guess.. But I'd prefer to be called a newbie.

I mean, it's not much.. but since I got my bike last Wedneday, I've ridden about 150miles (with a day break and some days riding more then others) Sure, it's not as much as some of you put out in a week... but it's me striving to become better at it and set goals far beyond the mear 150miles in a few days. To ride harder, faster and longer... which I will do. All while riding a sweet bike that I bought all by myself and a jersey that I think is rather fresh.

I'm done ranting.

meehs said:

I find I get a totally different reaction from the "serious" 🙄 cyclists when I'm out riding my Dura-Ace equipped Cannondale CAAD5 while wearing lycra and a jersey than I get when I'm out on my fendered, lugged steel, single-speed commuter bike wearing baggies and a tee shirt.

It's really lame in my opinion. I'm "good enough" to warrant a smile and a nod when I'm on my high-end racer (which I just sold on eBay to buy another lugged steel frame BTW) but when I'm on my commuter I'm not "cool enough" for them to aknowledge me. We're all cyclists regardless of our equipment and clothing. Funny thing is, my guess is that I put on a lot more miles than most of those guys do.

Get over yourselves (you know who you are)!

This is always coming up but if you start waving at commuters because they might have a "real" bike then you have to wave at pedestrians and drivers too because they might also be cyclists. In fact you have to wave at everybody. Even when you aren't using your bike.

capwater said:

If you are willing to go out and suffer for a few hours on a bike, I wouldn't term that a poseur.

If you call it suffering then you're a poser :p you never suffer on a bike, just too damn fun, i love to go out and enjoy myself for a few hours

Don Shipp said:

This is always coming up but if you start waving at commuters because they might have a "real" bike then you have to wave at pedestrians and drivers too because they might also be cyclists. In fact you have to wave at everybody. Even when you aren't using your bike.

that's just called courtesy

Don Shipp said:

This is always coming up but if you start waving at commuters because they might have a "real" bike then you have to wave at pedestrians and drivers too because they might also be cyclists. In fact you have to wave at everybody. Even when you aren't using your bike.

My point is that when I'm riding the high-end racer and dressing "cool, like they do" then I "warrant" a smile and a wave (I get waved at often, gee thanks) but when I'm on the commuter not looking "cool enough" I don't warrant the aknowledgment of these same "cool riders" (they ignore me). If you don't wave at other cyclists, that's fine. If you do wave at other cyclists, that's fine too. If you pick out the cyclists that you think are "cool enough to warrant your attention" (which is obviously what these riders are doing because I see it every day) and only aknowledge them, that's ridiculous, elitest and the true definition of a lame-ass poseur.

meehs said:

I find I get a totally different reaction from the "serious" 🙄 cyclists when I'm out riding my Dura-Ace equipped Cannondale CAAD5 while wearing lycra and a jersey than I get when I'm out on my fendered, lugged steel, single-speed commuter bike wearing baggies and a tee shirt.

It's really lame in my opinion. I'm "good enough" to warrant a smile and a nod when I'm on my high-end racer (which I just sold on eBay to buy another lugged steel frame BTW) but when I'm on my commuter I'm not "cool enough" for them to aknowledge me. We're all cyclists regardless of our equipment and clothing. Funny thing is, my guess is that I put on a lot more miles than most of those guys do.

Get over yourselves (you know who you are)!

What's kinda crazy is, I'm on a Team Soloist and I still get the spandex snob attitude! Yeah, so I have a big baggy T-shirt on - but I push 200 miles weekly and I've been vibed by these same guys on these same routes more than once. It's not like I don't look like I'm in shape or like I don't know the rules/courtesies of cycling.

Just last week, I actually had a group leader cross right in front of me while I was cruising on a straight with a nice tailwind - it wasn't a brutal cut-off, but he clearly didn't feel like he should hafta yield at all!!! The rest of the group hung back and politely waited (thankfully!).

Watch who you shine off out there! Some of us are too lazy to do our cycling laundry so we ride in our baggy shirts/shorts while still putting some decent times and miles in ...

meehs said:

My point is that when I'm riding the high-end racer and dressing "cool, like they do" then I "warrant" a smile and a wave (I get waved at often, gee thanks) but when I'm on the commuter not looking "cool enough" I don't warrant the aknowledgment of these same "cool riders" (they ignore me). If you don't wave at other cyclists, that's fine. If you do wave at other cyclists, that's fine too. If you pick out the cyclists that you think are "cool enough to warrant your attention" (which is obviously what these riders are doing because I see it every day) and only aknowledge them, that's ridiculous, elitest and the true definition of a lame-ass poseur.

If you waved at every cyclist you see your waving arm would get tired.
I notice the same thing myself and find it amusing more than anything else, but I understand why a full-on roady will give a nod to another that looks the same whilest ignoring a commuter or tourist. In the first instance you feel a kinship, in the others you don't.

Don Shipp said:

If you waved at every cyclist you see your waving arm would get tired.
I notice the same thing myself and find it amusing more than anything else, but I understand why a full-on roady will give a nod to another that looks the same whilest ignoring a commuter or tourist. In the first instance you feel a kinship, in the others you don't.

My favorite guy pulled up next to me at an intersection and was too "tired" to even say hello ...

Don Shipp said:

If you waved at every cyclist you see your waving arm would get tired.

Really? Where do you live? There are a lot of cyclists around here but not so many that I'd be continuously waving if I were to aknowledge them. Anyway if that's the case, don't wave. Me? I'll say good morning to the guy on his Colnago out for a morning training ride that passes me and the middle aged woman riding a Walmart bike in street cloths that I pass during my morning commute. I never notice my arm getting tired or my voice going out due to the sheer volume of cyclists I run into every morning and evening. I wish there were that many.

Don Shipp said:

I notice the same thing myself and find it amusing more than anything else...

I really don't care if these guys wave at me or not either, I politely smile and wave back when the "cool riders" do choose "honor" me by bestowing a wave upon me. 😉

Don Shipp said:

...but I understand why a full-on roady will give a nod to another that looks the same whilest ignoring a commuter or tourist. In the first instance you feel a kinship, in the others you don't.

Well you see, that's my whole point. As a cyclist you should feel a kinship with all cyclists (IMO). Not just the ones that choose (and can afford) to ride high-end bikes and wear team kit, etc (i.e. the ones you think are cool)... That's what I personally call elitest. I guess we just disagree here.