on 1/16/10 9:08 AM, Tim McNamara at tim...@bitstream.net wrote:

> It's funny how technology differentiates the tribe artificially.
> When I was a kid (40 odd years go), we just had bikes.  Some kids had
> Stingrays, some kids had three speeds, a few had 10 speeds, but they
> were just the bikes we had and we rode 'em everywhere:  streets,
> trails, parks, woods, etc.  The bikes were a tool for fun and for
> getting around (nobody's parents drove us places, good grief).
> Somewhere along the like came BMX bikes and mountain bikes and
> suddenly there was a sharp differentiation.  BMXers were rad, MTBers
> were cool and roadies were stuck up.  Now we have subdivisions within
> the divisions:  29ers, DHers, SSers, fixies, crabon, retro, yadda
> yadda yadda.
> 
> Can't we all just ride bikes?

That's  what we're doing here, eh? ;^)
-- 
Jim Edgar
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