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It's interesting to contrast western bike culture with China. I've always found it weird how seriously people take it here - gotta dress up in a little speed su
by Jack000 6y ago
It's interesting to contrast western bike culture with China. I've always found it weird how seriously people take it here - gotta dress up in a little speed suit, $5k bike, constant animosity with drivers. I guess that's the difference between a hobby-based subculture and commodity transportation.
The bike shop I'm familiar with is the one-man operation on the side of the road, with a dish of water and some tools on a tarp.
- andor 6y agoPeople do this for exercise and because riding fast is fun. Having proper equipment, which can be much cheaper than you might think, makes it more enjoyable. Do you think exercise is weird?
- brudgers 6y agoTo me, it is a bit weird for exercise to be the public face of bicycling and for riding fast to be the presumed goal and all the bicycle marketing to be aspirational and never practical. Weird because bicycles are such great tools.
- porknubbins 6y agoThere are negative externalities to this too. In crowded big city parks or Multi use trails where safe speed is like 12-13mph you get groups easily going 25mph+ on high end carbon fiber.