I'm not suggesting it's unique, I'm saying I don't understand it. If you don't strongly care, why does it matter? Are you suggesting your opinion on how to present yourself is not influenced by others? In which case, how do you decide if something is good?

This is not at all like poorly fitting clothes. The bicycle is clearly used as designed.

I suppose what I don't understand is that I embrace unusual. Something that raises a discussion is partly what makes something interesting and worth doing. It seems to me you present the question around fashion as one of fitting in, and that seems a somewhat depressing view of the world when laid out so starkly.

Even though of course I care about what people think about me, I would never admit that as being the reason I would dismiss something a priori. It's that bit that puzzles me most - your openness to being subject to the whims of fashion.

> and that seems a somewhat depressing view of the world when laid out so starkly

> It's that bit that puzzles me most - your openness to being subject to the whims of fashion.

So it's not my choice to consider how I look (in fashion or with my choice of bike), it's that I'm open about it?

> Are you suggesting your opinion on how to present yourself is not influenced by others?

I don't know why it has to be analyzed so deeply. I consider the appearance of the things I buy. I consider both if I like the look and if I think others would like the look. Clothes, shoes, cars, in this case a bike, etc. Some things are pleasing to the eye. Other things are ugly or dorky or weird, which most of the time I'm not looking for in a look.