“I race for the fun of it,” says Dropped Racer.

Please.  Dropped Racer, are the faster guys not having fun? Is there an inverse relationship between speed and fun? Would it not be fun to cross the line with your arms raised? How lucky you are, Dropped Racer, to have figured out the perfect balance between fitness and fun that fits everyone! Those slower than you don’t train hard enough and those faster obviously don’t know how to have fun like you do.

Another one I hate… “Cycling really is not that important.” Cycling is no less/no more important than lots of more typical human endeavors (money, house, career, fast cars, kids, sex…) If in the scheme of things, cycling does not matter (and it may not), really, does anything?