>>1580727really i think you're just too closely tied to the idea that to fit into a hobby you have to have some expensive cool version of something for your own self worth or whatever.
I'd really like bicycles to not be like that. I can gearfag about bicycles all day but i also have a lot of respect for people who unironically just ride. Bikes are awesome but they also just don't matter as much as you think they do. There's no point at which it's not worth riding one. And then for those shitters, it's not not worth discussing or improving them or looking after them.
