Have you suffered abuse for riding a retro?

[legrandefromage]

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Have YOU suffered abuse at the hands of a Retrobike?

Has jumped up OIK laughed at your skinny tyres?

Were groups of young fellow me LADS pointing at your skinny tubes and no suspension?

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[Stick Legs]

Mostly good natured stuff.

People seem genuinely interested.

 

[66 triumph daytona]

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My 2010 Giant XTC winter hack has XTR M970 and a guy recently pointed out how retro the groupset was.A 2008 groupset is retro to them now :roll: .

I hope you corrected them

M970 is just old, not retro ;-)

Nah,M970 is neither old nor retro,its an excellent and solid groupset thats still winning races and providing sterling service.

 

[dyna-ti]

No.

As with others quite the reverse though with the trusty daily steed being a 27 yr old Claude Butler Ventlox 400,that is mostly original.
Sat a long while with the sun on one side only so ive a bit of a Klein fade going on

 

[lockedmyselfout]

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I get laughed at and heckled whatever I ride!

 

[xxnick1975]

Most middle aged guys on modern bikes are alright, but there’s always insecure knobbers that will try and put you down in any group,

Equally you could say there’s a touch of inverse snobbery amongst us retro cognoscenti!

 

[Stick Legs]

Most middle aged guys on modern bikes are alright, but there’s always insecure knobbers that will try and put you down in any group,

Equally you could say there’s a touch of inverse snobbery amongst us retro cognoscenti!

The odd thing is that as a fat middle aged bloke if I am riding a Team Motorola replica Eddy Merckx in a team Jersey you'd get a lot of 'nice bike' comments.
If I was on a Team Sky replica Pinarello Dogma in a SKY top I'd be a tw*t.


Jealousy I guess?

I kind of want a Dogma, may just have to hide it for a few years.

 

[dyna-ti]

"Glances down at snobby oiks stock quando hubs with disdain"

 

[Ductape]

My bike abuses the heck out of me sometimes when trying to keep up with the group on their modern rides.

 

[RadNomad]

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Love playing the eccentric! MTB didn’t really exist in Malaysia 15 years ago so virtually no one knows MTBs used to have rim brakes. I get a huge kick showing up on a ‘95 7 speed, cantis, rigid fork. They probably think it’s a ‘hybrid’ with knobblies, those whippersnappers who show curiousity usually get a history lesson!