Do Gravel Riders Drink Kombucha Tea?
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Do Gravel Riders Drink Kombucha Tea?
Seems like from all the ads I am bombarded with, gravel riders wear red plaid, have perfectly groomed beards and probably cross-country ski with wool pants and suspenders.
What's the deal with this stereotype?
What's the deal with this stereotype?
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no beard, no red plaid, and I don't live anywhere near someplace that skiing would be an option. I enjoy a tangy kombucha now and then, though.
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It's the bikepacking influence. Y'now, outdoorsy folk.
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I grew one during this pandemic. Convinced my wife that I was not just laying around on the couch all day, but rather was working hard on my beard. It takes a lot of effort to push those whiskers out of my face.
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I had a beard before it was cool. Kombucha is akin to toilet water the second before it gets flushed.
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Yes to kombucha no to the beard. I'm still jealous of a co-op worker who cruises on a LHT with a camp stove on the DT, for coffee breaks.
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I do have a beard but mostly because I am not a fan of shaving, however not perfectly groomed. As far as kombucha if my stomach is way off sometimes I will consider it but I really don't much care fo it. Plaid is not really for me. I would wear my clan tartan though but I don't really do it often because the ethics of wool and even if I had some old wool I can't wear it anyway.
People generally love stereotypes they make it easier for us to deal with the world. They are generally all wrong or maybe somewhat correct but still wrong ethically.
I have ads for rugs and crappy hub drive bikes and sometimes really ugly face masks. I don't know how they got to that.
People generally love stereotypes they make it easier for us to deal with the world. They are generally all wrong or maybe somewhat correct but still wrong ethically.
I have ads for rugs and crappy hub drive bikes and sometimes really ugly face masks. I don't know how they got to that.
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Beards are still not cool. We just don’t tell you that.
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I've never heard of Kombucha. Never had a beard either; much too sparse. I don't think beards run in the family.
The ponytail is down to my waist though so if I am riding my bike it has to be in a manbun, or at least an approximation of sorts. That's as hipster as I can get.
The ponytail is down to my waist though so if I am riding my bike it has to be in a manbun, or at least an approximation of sorts. That's as hipster as I can get.
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I couldn't grow a respectable beard if my life depended on it.
I do have 2 tattoos.
I drink a lemonade kombucha probably 4 times a year. Bitter, fizzy, different.
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I don't drink kombucha tea but I do bring a thermos of regular black tea on all my rides.
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I let my beard grow during the winter because I live in the upper midwest.
I don't think I've ever had kombucha.
I have no tatoos.
I don't think I've ever had kombucha.
I have no tatoos.
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Not cool, man. Not cool.
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prefer rearless wool chaps & suspenders.
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Could be worse than all that. It could have been the hipster man-bun.
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To determine your tea and flannel shirt preferences, first, they need to know what kind of gravel, whether it's real gravel or just rail-trails and neighborhood streets, or graded gravel roads, or rocks the size of your head, or giant boulders. Then they need to know if it's a real honest genuine gravel bike, or just a ten-speed with slightly knobby tires.
You see, it's complicated.
You see, it's complicated.
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Gravel On!
And i X-Country ski, and own bicycle suspenders - worn to formal occasions.
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