That's already the best response possible ... as long as you could stay ahead of him for a decent interval. If his wunderbike is so wunderful, why isn't he keeping up with you on it?
Alternatively, you could always tell him how much you admire his plastic Big Wheel bike. On Tuesday, April 19, 2016 at 6:37:29 AM UTC-4, Julian wrote: > > Yes, I did speed off up a hill, which felt good. :) > > Julian Westerhout > Bloomington, IL > > On Monday, April 18, 2016 at 10:03:36 PM UTC-5, dstein wrote: >> >> Whatever, just smile and nod and keep on pedaling. Hopefully by 'rode >> away from him' that means you sped off in front of him, if not it doesn't >> even matter. I often get people commenting on my rivendell and similar >> bikes, i generally think they're positive but there's this weird west coast >> passive aggressive thing I've noticed in the 5 years that I've lived here >> that makes me think some are likely making fun of me. Doesn't matter either >> way. Just enjoying the ride. >> >> On Monday, April 18, 2016 at 6:42:39 PM UTC-7, Julian wrote: >>> >>> I was out on my Rambouillet on a club ride on Sunday (a near perfect >>> spring day -- sun, blue skies, temps in upper 70's, little wind), enjoying >>> the day and the company for the most part, until a fellow I do not really >>> know (those who know me consider the Ram comparatively normal for me!) >>> rode up on a carbon "wonder bike", said "where'd you get that relic?," >>> "that thing must be a tank," "you're making the club look bad," and a few >>> other choice bits accompanied by a chuckle or two. >>> >>> I tried to be polite, pointing out it was not really vintage, that Rivs >>> have great ride characteristics, beautiful aesthetics, that It was the >>> right bike for "me" etc. -- to no avail. After a few minutes of this I got >>> fed up and told him to be quiet and rode away from him. I'm not sure how >>> best to deal with people like that. >>> >>> I get this sort of thing from time to time, but usually really minimal >>> compared to this joker. How do you respond? >>> >>> Julian Westerhout >>> Bloomington, IL >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
