• BranBucket@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Sounds like you’ve encountered MAMILs in the wild.

    Middle Aged Men In Lycra.

    I like to point out that a 10k bike is really just a cheaper mid-life crisis than a sports car, tends to shut down the conversation one way or another pretty quick.

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      3 days ago

      No. These are folks who have been riding since they were teenagers and got 10K bikes back then too and their first car was a Lexus, etc.

      They are just rich people. Lots and lots of people, are rich.

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        2 days ago

        Wealth doesn’t necessarily exclude them from being MAMILs, but from what you’ve described, it seems there are plenty of other reasons to ride solo.