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if you feel like those elitest bikers are giving you the cold shoulder when you pass by riding a beater bike then cruise on out for the Midnight Ridazz in Los Angeles….
Maybe he would get your letter if you spelled his last name correctly?
Oops, thanks for pointing that out Gino. Of course, this post was somewhat tongue in cheek so I want to stress again that I have the utmost respect for Mr. Petersen (not Peterson) and what he has done for the bike industry. Sorry about the misspelled name, I’ll fix it in the post.
Someone oughtta kick Grant Petersen in the nuts and tell him to shut up.
“If I go for a ride on my 2000 dollar road bike while wearing the full cyclist’s uniform, other cyclists always wave when I pass on the opposite side of the street. If I am out in street clothes on my old beater bike, a lot of those same cyclists do not even look over in my direction. I don’t know, maybe the marketing departments at some of the big bike companies are partially to blame for the elitist attitude that seems to be present among many performance-oriented cyclists. Maybe those same companies also have the power to change some of those attitudes.”
Herd mentality has always been a factor in human life. If a racer guy/gal ignores you when you cross paths it should not matter. Why do you need their recognition? Are you out there to see and be seen or to HAVE FUN on a bicycle? In the cycling realm, just like any other, anyone who says things that are outside the norm really gets people riled up. I think that people ought to look past their hurt feelings when reading/hearing a grant petersen interview and take note that he ALWAYS is careful to say that what he is expressing is his own opinion. he is not telling you how to live your life, he is telling you how he thinks he should live his own life, and more importantly, why he feels the way he does. its food for thought from a very experienced individual in his field. his main message is that biking, by and large, should be enjoyable. this is the reason that everyone rides a bike when they are a kid and just because we’ve become adults doesn’t mean we should lose the joy of cycling.