Originally Posted by
Chuck M
I maintain my bikes well enough that I only feel I need a patch kit, tire levers and CO2 inflator for the roads and routes I ride. I do however have a multi-tool and spare tube in my saddle bag. Bike-packing, touring, solo century riding and jumping off of cliffs on a poorly assembled Huffy from Walmart may have different equipment needs.
I do find it interesting that along the way in this thread masculinity is starting to be measured by the ability to fix a flat or the number of wheels on the bike. As long as folks are riding what they enjoy I don't think it should matter to me if they ride a recumbent pulling a sag wagon full of gear.
It appears that another poster thought I was calling your comment sexist. I didn't mean to suggest anything of the kind, and was referring to the comment you were responding to. I think you and I agree that linking the ability to repair a bike or pretty much anything else to do with gender identity is ludicrous. I intended to actually offer a "friendly amendment" to your comment, just to say maybe it didn't go far enough in calling out how ludicrous the OP's post was.
I apologize for not making this sufficiently clear in my previous reply.