[gchappel]

Wearing a bike jersey covered with sponsers is no different than wearing a NFL or NBA or NHL jersey with a players number and often a sponser (Nike) or two on the side. Oh, and wonder why we riders are a little nervous- sure sounds like fun to scare the he!!! out of us with your nice porsches. Kind of like scaring the jersey wearing football fans by taking a machine gun to the game and pulling it out in the crowd. Don't fire it, but waving it around and having everyone run in panic sounds like it would really be a hoot! I hate the fact that after an NFL game the roads are crowded and I have to drive slow- so I'll weave and swerve all through the traffic - I'll show them. By the way, I bet none of the bikers you rant about are drunk- unlike the crowds coming from the other game.
You laugh at riders because you don't ride. The clothes or uniforms that you don't understand look funny, but they are functional- just like other sports gear.
You rant at riders because you don't ride- and they slow you down for a few minutes of your precious porsche time.
You laugh at the equipment- yet we drive expensive porsche's on the street. You could get by with a Hyandi. A great bike is expensive, and many of us think it is worth it. The engineering in a great bike is remarkable- on the same level as our cars.
Yes there is a small but real percentage of riders that give the rest of us riders a bad name- but I can say the same about drivers.
Ride for a couple of years and you will understand.
Going on 30 years of riding and racing myself- don't race anymore. Almost don't ride on the roads anymore because there are too many jerks driving. I see some of them are on this board.
Gary