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martint235

Dog on a bike
Location
Welling
Back in the mists of time when MTBs were the only bikes you saw, v-brakes had just come out, full suspension was rare hell front suspension was unusual. There was a team set up on the internet known as Team 50p. Their motto was "What's the point in a £1000 bike when you have 50p legs".

It's an open club, anyone can join.

It's not to have a go at anyone. Everyone is welcome to spend their hard earned cash on what they want it's just that sometimes I see an obvious mismatch between kit and ability and it makes me wonder.
 
Location
winlaton
Why shouldn't people be able to spend their money on whatever they like, regardless of ability?
 
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martint235

martint235

Dog on a bike
Location
Welling
Back in the mists of time when MTBs were the only bikes you saw, v-brakes had just come out, full suspension was rare hell front suspension was unusual. There was a team set up on the internet known as Team 50p. Their motto was "What's the point in a £1000 bike when you have 50p legs".

It's an open club, anyone can join.

It's not to have a go at anyone. Everyone is welcome to spend their hard earned cash on what they want it's just that sometimes I see an obvious mismatch between kit and ability and it makes me wonder.
Why shouldn't people be able to spend their money on whatever they like, regardless of ability?
They are. Everyone is also allowed to read.
 
Location
winlaton
Back in the mists of time when MTBs were the only bikes you saw, v-brakes had just come out, full suspension was rare hell front suspension was unusual. There was a team set up on the internet known as Team 50p. Their motto was "What's the point in a £1000 bike when you have 50p legs".

It's an open club, anyone can join.

It's not to have a go at anyone. Everyone is welcome to spend their hard earned cash on what they want it's just that sometimes I see an obvious mismatch between kit and ability and it makes me wonder.

Yeah but so what?
 
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martint235

martint235

Dog on a bike
Location
Welling
Yeah but so what?
Does there have to be a "What" to wondering?

The most recent wondering was when I passed a guy this morning on around £6k of time trial bike that he was using to commute. Now the main wonder isn't why he chose to spend his money on that bike but why he chose to commute quite slowly on it when he would have been much more comfortable on a different style of bike.
 
Location
winlaton
Does there have to be a "What" to wondering?

The most recent wondering was when I passed a guy this morning on around £6k of time trial bike that he was using to commute. Now the main wonder isn't why he chose to spend his money on that bike but why he chose to commute quite slowly on it when he would have been much more comfortable on a different style of bike.

That's not a mismatch between kit and ability though, that's something quite different. Maybe he's actually competing somewhere straight after work and the easiest thing to do is ride in?
 

Andrew_P

In between here and there
 

welsh dragon

Thanks but no thanks. I think I'll pass.
I don't think I have anything that matches. I wear trainers, cycling shorts, T shirts, fleece.jackets, hoodies, and I ride a folder. And I don't wear all of those things all at the same time either. :laugh: then again, I'm a crap cyclist as well. Slow and not far.
 

vickster

Squire
Does there have to be a "What" to wondering?

The most recent wondering was when I passed a guy this morning on around £6k of time trial bike that he was using to commute. Now the main wonder isn't why he chose to spend his money on that bike but why he chose to commute quite slowly on it when he would have been much more comfortable on a different style of bike.
Maybe he won it in a competition?
 

si_c

Guru
Location
Wirral
Maybe he won it in a competition?

Or his commuting bike had a flat and he just grabbed the first alternative. I've commuted on my MTB for a week on occaision rather than change the inner tube on my road bike :smile:

I do however see a lot of people commuting on bikes that are perhaps a bit more expensive than I would choose. Having said that, is team 50p open if you have a 50p bike and 10p legs?
 
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