>>1583788Cycling culture became a consoomer cult. The recent push to make everything inclusive is the same as everywhere, bike companies are just trying to stay on the woke side of history. Regarding that, I really couldn't care less, they're a bunch of hypocrites who don't give a shit about the underpaid and overworked Asian kids who are laying up their carbon fiber framesets. But the consoomer cult that's formed around cycling, that stuff annoys me to no end. Maybe it's always been like this and I've had my head in the sand for 5+ years? I don't know.
But I think I know one way to kill two birds with one stone. Instead of touting some warm fuzzy feelgood bullshit about how they're helping a legless Native American get into bicycle racing, why not bike companies and the regulating bodies of racing introduce some Keirin-tier equipment regulations regarding mass start bicycles for amateurs? Everyone on steel double triangle frames with downtube friction shifters and box section aluminum wheels. You could get on a decent racing machine for not much dosh, which would help make cycling far more accessible and cast off the endless boring arguments about whether disc brakes are hotter than cat piss or not, autistic aerodynamic gains from integrated cockpits, and comparing Specialized's new $12,000 superbike to their old $11,500 superbike and if you really need to buy the new one to make the selection in your B group Saturday ride.
