Haha some of the best years of my life were spent “suffering” listening to that punisher 
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#straya.
(‘straya’ being affectionate mocking slang for Australia…just to help out our non-Australian friends.)
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NZer here, so not unfamiliar with mocking Australians 
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Ha. Nicely done. 
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Replace the MLB logo on the backward ball cap with a UCI logo then you’re good to go.
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I thought about that, and even adding “vents” to the hat to make it look more like a helmet… to get it more “bike” associated 
I didn’t pick up on the Durst angle, I think it totally works for Freds.
What’s a Fred? Is it an American thing?
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“Only does triathlons ironically”
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my LBS told me 15 containers from specialized was on the ship
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Recently, particularly in the US, a Fred is more often somebody with higher quality and more expensive gear than his or her talent would warrant. For example, a Fred could be guy with little cycling experience who watches the highlights of a few Tour de France stages, then goes to a bike store and buys a Trek carbon fiber Madone in Team Discovery colors, along with Team Discovery shorts and jersey, and then rides it on a cycling path at 15 mph (25 km/h). Some use “Fred” in a somewhat similar matter, but more synonymous with a roadie poseur. Such a person is more aware of roadie culture, and wants to be seen as a roadie despite lacking in the requisite ability and style (whereas the other type of Fred may have purchased some high-end gear, but is oblivious to road cyclist ways). An interesting corollary for the poseur type of Fred is that if someone is worried about being a Fred, he probably is one of these Freds. In addition, it is this type of Fred who is most likely to use “Fred” as a derisive term for others. (emphasis mine)
wow i didnt come here to be personally attacked
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How do we feel about the 2006 aluminum Trek 1500 in Discovery colors?
It does seem to match my talent…
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saw someone yesterday riding Bora team jersey with rainbow bands a la Sagan from years past, struggling up a 3% incline in the granny gear… had to shake my head before i passed him, he was a Fred, though i didnt know it at the time… having only just caught up on this page
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Why? Who cares what he’s wearing? What should his W/kg be before he’s allowed to wear that jersey? He’s out on his bike enjoying himself. Maybe he’s a huge Sagan fan. Maybe his wife gave him that jersey. Maybe it was on sale after Sagan stopped being champ and he picked up some top quality kit for half price. It really doesn’t matter.
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Agreed. Will be great if we can ever dispense with the elitist, judgmental garbage that is too often a part of “real cyclists”. The dude is out riding a bike. Great for him and we should embrace it, how ever hard or easy it is for him and any gear he wants to roll.
Obligatory repost for a reminder and some perspective.
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Agreed. Only time we should be on each other about kit/gear is if it is dangerous… or see through. Friends don’t let friends show crack.
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This is very true. I do have a Dutch friend who has a MVDP replica kit, right down to the white shorts. He is fast enough that I doubt anybody would accuse him of being a Fred. But it is entirely possible that he will be arrested for indecent exposure on a rainy day.
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Agreed, was listerning to a interesting piece in the Zwift Power pod cast, were this was a major problem for promotors and sponsers, in a lot of sports, motorsport / football e.t.c, you are encouraged to become part of the team, wear the jersey (everywhere, down the pub, shopping the lot) even if you don’t play football, were the sponsers name, and it leads to sponsers being more involved … cycling does the complete opposite, why ? what was wrong with this guy wearing “his teams colors”,
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Hey, you all need to get the hell out of the meme thread with this. Its a good conversation and should continue elsewhere but
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