I stopped by the bike shop the other day while I was out at lunch. I just wanted to see what was going on, if they had any new products for summer in stock already, and if those cool $80 jerseys they have all over the place were on sale. There’s no way I’m paying $80 for one of them.
As usual, I was greeted by a friendly member of the staff. At least he was friendly when we started. Over the course of the next 15 minutes, it became apparent that he thought I was the stupidest customer who had ever crossed his door.
I admit: 1) that I like to ask “what about this” questions and 2) don’t know as much about cycling as Lance Armstrong, but I don’t think my questions were THAT dumb.
Anyway, it all culminated when I told him I was planning on riding a century (which he doubted very much I could do based on the look on his face) on a hybrid bike (which he doubted very much I could do based on what he said – something like “you could never do that” – or something similar).
So that seals it – I’m riding the century on my hybrid bike. Probably. We’ll see how training goes this spring, then if I need to I’ll get new (thinner) tires that should help me out when riding 100 miles. But I hope it doesn’t come to that since I’ll have to face “him” again, and risk not only my wallet, but my pride as well. What I do for cycling!!! J
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