Why is it that posers, RUBs and squids .......
#11
08-13-2009, 11:03 AM
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Originally Posted by austinharley
Why is it that biker wannabes feel so threatened by anyone on two wheels who don't ride the same brand, wear the same clothes, ride as long or as tough, or live the same way, that they feel they have to label them "posers" or "RUBs" or "squids"?
If they're riding on two wheels, they're a biker. I don't give a rat's *** what someone else rides, what they wear, how they pay for their scoot, how often or how far they ride or what kind of weather they ride in, or what color underwear they wear (if any at all)!
I ride for ME! I don't care what others think about me, my bike or my lifestyle. I mind my own business and expect others to do the same. The OP sounds like, "Mommy! Mommy! They called Tommy a biker and they didn't call ME one! Waaaaahhhhh!"
I was thinking the same thing. 
Originally Posted by austinharley
Why is it that biker wannabes feel so threatened by anyone on two wheels who don't ride the same brand, wear the same clothes, ride as long or as tough, or live the same way, that they feel they have to label them "posers" or "RUBs" or "squids"?
If they're riding on two wheels, they're a biker. I don't give a rat's *** what someone else rides, what they wear, how they pay for their scoot, how often or how far they ride or what kind of weather they ride in, or what color underwear they wear (if any at all)!
I ride for ME! I don't care what others think about me, my bike or my lifestyle. I mind my own business and expect others to do the same. The OP sounds like, "Mommy! Mommy! They called Tommy a biker and they didn't call ME one! Waaaaahhhhh!"
wow...sounds like you're getting a little hot there for someone who minds their own business....just an observation.....I happen to agree with you but....wow
#12
08-13-2009, 11:06 AM
Road Captain
"I met a 1%er"
"I'm a badass biker because I rode in the rain"
"If Tommy wears 'assless chaps' (really stupid expression, since there are no other kind of chaps!) or 'fingerless gloves', he's a 'poser'"
"If I wear a helmet, EVERYONE should wear a helmet, or they're stupid!"
"If I DON'T wear a helmet, NO ONE should wear a helmet, or they're stupid!"
yada, yada, yada.....
It just gets ridiculously annoying after a while. If you're paying attention to your own riding, you'll have less time to gawk at other bikers to critique what they're doing.
"I'm a badass biker because I rode in the rain"
"If Tommy wears 'assless chaps' (really stupid expression, since there are no other kind of chaps!) or 'fingerless gloves', he's a 'poser'"
"If I wear a helmet, EVERYONE should wear a helmet, or they're stupid!"
"If I DON'T wear a helmet, NO ONE should wear a helmet, or they're stupid!"
yada, yada, yada.....
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08-13-2009, 11:10 AM
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You're right. That's months of built-up disgust from reading all the whiney-baby, infantile rants in this and other forums about labeling, criticizing and/or attacking those who don't conform to someone's narrow-minded ideas of how people should live.
"I met a 1%er"
"I'm a badass biker because I rode in the rain"
"If Tommy wears 'assless chaps' (really stupid expression, since there are no other kind of chaps!) or 'fingerless gloves', he's a 'poser'"
"If I wear a helmet, EVERYONE should wear a helmet, or they're stupid!"
"If I DON'T wear a helmet, NO ONE should wear a helmet, or they're stupid!"
yada, yada, yada.....
It just gets ridiculously annoying after a while. If you're paying attention to your own riding, you'll have less time to gawk at other bikers to critique what they're doing."I'm a badass biker because I rode in the rain"
"If Tommy wears 'assless chaps' (really stupid expression, since there are no other kind of chaps!) or 'fingerless gloves', he's a 'poser'"
"If I wear a helmet, EVERYONE should wear a helmet, or they're stupid!"
"If I DON'T wear a helmet, NO ONE should wear a helmet, or they're stupid!"
yada, yada, yada.....
hehehe could NOT have said that better myself!...especially the "assless" chaps comment :P
#16
08-13-2009, 11:48 AM
This is what you have to do in order to become a REAL biker
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...08997989707181
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...08997989707181
was good for a laff tho!
#19
08-13-2009, 02:37 PM
Can't we just all ride and get along.. with chaps, assless or not, with gloves, fingers or not, with vest, sleevless or not, with helmets, sense or senseless.. lets just meet up somewhere crack our teeth on a cold one and have a good ride..
#20
08-13-2009, 02:40 PM
Road Captain
Ya munchin' ice cubes there, buddy? Sounds painful! 
.... or am I just a "poser" and "REAL bikers" chew their beer? LOL!
.... or am I just a "poser" and "REAL bikers" chew their beer? LOL!