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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We shouldn’t be going after the Freds and MAMILs, let them wear what they want to wear and ride what they want to ride, they’re just trying to have fun and aren’t pretending to be fast and most may not even care. The only time I personally have a problem with people rocking this kit is when they have an attitude like they are fast but really are just cocky and arrogant poseurs who can’t hang on a conservatively paced A ride. My buddy on the other hand who wants a Madone just because it looks awesome, that’s just a second kind of cool and is his business.
Be nice, meme on
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That’s why they’re not allowed in my garage.
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With everybody getting vaccinated, we introverts can’t use that as an excuse much longer. But the weather is warming up, so it’s time to polish off the old classics.
(Saw this while looking at rides on Strava)
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When I moved from the burbs to downtown - I had to let all the rules go. I’d spend all day yelling about helmet straps to random children.
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Right up there with my Garmin proudly announcing that my virtual partner finished the route and I have X miles to go.
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Lol. I hate that. Steal a ride off Ride with gps and find out just how slow you are. 
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I like the little message window on my PC while I’m in the hard part of a TrainerRoad workout: “Norton 360 is performing background processes while you aren’t doing anything.” Okay, the message actually ends with, “while your computer is idle.”
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No, I hate it when my Garmin gives me -5 or something on performance conditioning less than 10 minutes into a trail run or gravel bike (same route and uphill for the first 1.25mi). When I’m out for an easy recovery, that’s fine, but come on, usually I’m just barely warming up. It’s just mean spirited at that point.
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its also weird living in a big cycling town where every time you see a pro jersey you have to double check how fast they’re going & whether its the full kit to see if it’s a fan or a pro
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Garmin LOVES to tell me I am wasting my time unless I doing vo2Max or SS!
So if i do something like Pettite it will tell me “Here is a -10000 for your lack of effort”…(I am paraphrasing)
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