The absolutely best way to deal with poseurs is to drop them as quickly as possible.
The second best way, and this is a personal favorite, is to offend their finely tuned sensibilities by showing up at a ride dressed in plaid Bermuda shorts, Hawaiian shirt, and big, clunky black-framed 'birth control' glasses - the kind they issue in the military.
Fabrizio would get a bad case of the vapors!
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Posted by Ed W to Cyclelicious at 1/07/2006 05:30:03 AM