Originally Posted by
rydabent
The great thing about being a casual rider is that you dont have to CONFORM to ANY of the rules "real cyclist" claim you have to. Simply ride any bike or trike the way you want to, wearing anything you want to, at any speed you want, at any cadence you want. Simply enjoy riding.
"Real cyclists" enjoy riding the way they ride, just as you enjoy riding the way you ride. Don't keep misinterpreting their enthusiasm about their own way of riding as rules intended for others. No sensible person does.
As Frank Zappa once remarked from a stage, in response to a guy in the audience yelling about the "pigs in uniforms" standing around in the theater --- "Don't kid yourself: everyone in this room is in a uniform."