So I’m bored and this question popped into my head. I’d love to hear what are others unpopular cycling opinions are. These shouldn’t be hot takes; they should be resoundingly not popular in cycling at the moment but they are opinions you have. I’ll start. Carbon bikes are only widely used becaus…

Name: Adrie van der Poel teleurgesteld in Vlaamse media: “Werden helemaal afgemaakt”
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Description: At 1’08, we definely solve this problem :slight_smile: [Adrie van der Poel teleurgesteld in Vlaamse media: “Werden helemaal afgemaakt”]

[image] JoeX: Private use cars should not exist. This is a good one. In my experience, humans arent capable of driving vehicles safely enough for them to be commonplace items.

I have a giro helmet that if I as much as look up will unleash a stream onto my glasses. POC, Scott and a few others seem to have a minimal pad there just because you want some cushion on your forehead vs the mips frame or the firm foam of the helmet. But that thicker sweat pad is just the absolute …

All of the memes about wives not letting you buy bikes are cringey and not funny.

I ride, therefore I am a cyclist.

:joy: I had a similar thought the other day, saying a gravel bike was just an expensive way to go slower

At 1’08, we definely solve this problem :slight_smile: [Adrie van der Poel teleurgesteld in Vlaamse media: “Werden helemaal afgemaakt”]

[image] firemunki: Possibly unpopular but maybe not! The commentary team from GCN and others need to stop calling Mathieu van de Pool Matthew. It really really annoys me, he isn’t called Matthew. They don’t anglicise any other riders. No one ever changes Pierre Rolland to Peter Rolland. Such …

Gawd, Dutch is painful to listen to. (Counts as an unpopular opinion too).

[image] Morzak: I didn’t know that this was even a discussion it was always clear from where he is and how the name is spelled that this was the pronunciation. You must have missed several posts above where different people are saying it is pronounced in different ways.

Didn’t it sound close to Matthew?

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What are your unpopular cycling opinions?

Aeroplane March 29, 2023, 10:22am 848

At 1’08, we definely solve this problem

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