>>1194424>>he owns more than 3 bikesyup. full-sus trail bike, sscx bike, dirt jumper.
>>he owns a bike but doesn't ride to worki'm afraid of the dark
>>he owns a bike but doesn't have panniers or bike bagsi dont do randos
>>he has an aero bikenope
>>he has a tri bikenope
>>he has a fixienope
>>he races at a sub-professional leveli hardly think beercross counts as 'racing'
>>he unironically asks shops for sponsorshipsnope
>>he upgrades his groupset beyond claris>road groups>>he upgrades his bike for anything other than comfort and utilitynope. every part is there for a reason.
>>he calls himself a "cyclist"'rider'
>>he owns carbon anything except the fork (since it's unavoidable now) i think part of my dropper is carbon
>>he spends more than an hour per week at a bike shopnope
>>he unironically cares about brandsome brands have better warranty service. it's worth it if you ride hard.
>>he cares about weight of bike parts and accessoriesnot really.
>>he rides faster than 22mphonly on downhill sections
>>he uses strava for KOMs>using strava>>his bike really does cost more than his car (only acceptable when you very rarely drive because you cycle everywhere, other than that don't buy a clunker just so you can afford a memebike)three of them retail for more than my car is worth at market rate, but all three combined cost less than what i've spent maintaining it over the past decade.
