"If you're not racing, what the heck are you doing with a racing bike?" .......is bigotry. Most racing bikes are not used for racing, but nevertheless enjoyed enormously....
If you walk into a bike shop and mutter about 'wanting to go for a ride on the weekend', or read any one of a number of cycling magazines, online sources etc you are very likely to be pointed towards something that looks like a racing bike (warts and all) these days. Herd mentality alert!
I happen to think that Peter White is absolutely correct in simply asking people to question their motivations when they 'choose' to buy such a machine; goodness knows, hardly anyone else will!
I like riding a lightweight machine as much as the next chap/chapess, but I wouldn't have one as my
only bike unless I
was racing. The sad fact is that most leisure riders/commuters would be better off with something else other than a 'road bike' and they wouldn't necessarily be any slower etc either...
He's right to tell people about wheels and to not guarantee them, but after that it is up to the customers to decide how to spend their money.
and that is exactly what happens, so I don't see the problem...?
Hes got a bit of the audax mentality with regards to equipment.
I'm not sure I know what such a thing is.... also, er, could that statement possibly be....
some form of....
bigotry...?
cheers