I have to agree as I also ride a "carbon wonder bike" and I greet every passing cyclist I see.
Bob Pepper Bordentown, NJ USA
-----Original Message-----
>From: Morgan Fletcher <morgan@hahaha.org>
>Sent: Aug 24, 2008 11:00 PM
>To: Don Williams <donwilliamsjr@gmail.com>
>Cc: "classicrendezvous@bikelist.org" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
>Subject: Re: [CR]"Vintage" riders
>
>Don Williams wrote:
>> I hope this isn't off topic...
>>
>> Yesterday was one of those days that makes the summer in the North
>> West worth waiting for...
>> So, I went out for a ride. Along the way, I saw and greeted 5 other
>> cyclists. Not a single one returned my greeting.
>>
>> Every one of them was riding carbon wonder bikes.
>
>Those same riders wouldn't have said hi if it was 1978 and they were on
>steel wonder bikes. It's the rider, not the bike.
>
>Morgan "says hi" Fletcher
>Oakland, CA USA