Dentist’s notoriously ride 12k carbon bicycles, to the point thats its a meme. The type of bike that bike ships put in the display window to get most people to come in and buy the common 2k ones.
The running joke in biking circles is that when you see someone in full lycra on a very high end bike, its a dentist fresh from the tooth mines.
The above prices arent something you will see in a bike shop. Entry level bikes from large brands run around $800-1200 or so in my area. The common price for “good” bikes at my local shop range from 2-6k. Add 1-2k for electric versions.
$150 for a bike is walmart pricing. These are commonly called “BSOs” in cycling circles, i.e “bike shaped objects.” The components, from the frame to brakes to wheels/etc are all either no name or wildly shoddy, and arent assembled by bike mechanics, so they often aren’t put together correctly. They generally aren’t recommend for safeties sake.
Dentistry is one of the few professions that leaves you the free time and money needed to get into cycling as a midlife crisis and the stereotype is that a lot of MAMILs (middle aged man in Lycra) are dentists.
A mid-level dentist bicycle
What is a dentist bicycle?
Dentist’s notoriously ride 12k carbon bicycles, to the point thats its a meme. The type of bike that bike ships put in the display window to get most people to come in and buy the common 2k ones.
The running joke in biking circles is that when you see someone in full lycra on a very high end bike, its a dentist fresh from the tooth mines.
People buy 2k bikes? Those are pretty high end, common ones would be 150 or 800 if electric.
What currency/country? Certainly not U$D.
The above prices arent something you will see in a bike shop. Entry level bikes from large brands run around $800-1200 or so in my area. The common price for “good” bikes at my local shop range from 2-6k. Add 1-2k for electric versions.
$150 for a bike is walmart pricing. These are commonly called “BSOs” in cycling circles, i.e “bike shaped objects.” The components, from the frame to brakes to wheels/etc are all either no name or wildly shoddy, and arent assembled by bike mechanics, so they often aren’t put together correctly. They generally aren’t recommend for safeties sake.
You clearly aren’t a mountain biker. 🤣
the horn goes tooth tooth
Casually Explained: Cycling
Dentistry is one of the few professions that leaves you the free time and money needed to get into cycling as a midlife crisis and the stereotype is that a lot of MAMILs (middle aged man in Lycra) are dentists.
Source: commuter
Or a low-level dentist appointment