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Originally Posted by pylon
You totally missed the point as per usual. $1600 is totally poor ass for a real road bike. The real serious dudes will have wheels or groupsets worth more than $1600. It is not an attempt to puff my chest. I could have said "On my $232.56 bike, passing his $3500 Dodge Neon." I was just using the facts in front of me with what I know I paid, and what I would estimate the cost of what Locke drives.
The point I was trying to make was a relative cost thing. A lot of people have ego issues with being passed in the big expensive SUV by either a skateboard, another car or a bike. Pure ego.
And it can create a ton of conflict in a dense traffic situation, when you pass the same guy multiple times due to stop and go traffic. 90% of the conflicts I seem to have had, are with guys driving big trucks or SUVs.
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Lol I missed the point? Maybe make your point more clearer then. What's the point of telling us how much your bike costs and how much Lockes car costs and mentioning ego in the same sentence if it has nothing to do with your argument? For the record I really don't have a huge problem with cyclists as I don't work downtown and rarely see them on my commute to work which is mostly on the highways, I just find your arrogance pretty hilarious. And honestly it sounds like you have the biggest ego out of everyone which isn't necessarily a bad thing but I think you have to start looking into the mirror and realize not everyone thinks like you on the road. I couldn't care less about the relative cost thing between cyclists and vehicles and whoever does has ego issues like you say but I don't think 99.9999 percent of people care about being passed in a big expensive suv or truck or any car for that matter. The problem lies with the cyclists who are convenient pedestrians and vehicles of the road. City of Calgary does need more bike lanes, but until they do I think cyclists should have to obey the rules of the road.