I was in a parking lot getting everything together for a century in the Fall. A teenager, decked out head to toe in lycra, came over to look at my Rambouilett. He said his father had sent him over to see what bikes looked like when he (the father) was a kid. GeorgeS
On Jun 11, 11:14 am, "XO-1.org Rough Riders" <[email protected]> wrote: > About six years ago I was on a ride in Solvang. I was on my Kestrel > 4000 (the original Kestrel with the really large "aero"-shped tubes) > with a Campy C-Record group. I caught a couple of other riders, both > in their 20s, both on modern bikes with integrated shifting, etc. I > reached down to shift gears (down tube) and one of the guys looked > over and asked me "is that that new digital shifting"? I responded > "huh?" He said, "that digital shifting" again. I then realized that my > down tube shifters, with the derailleur cables routed through the > frame, were confusing him. Mavic or somebody had put out an electronic > shifting system of some sort around that time and apparently this guy > thought I must be using that, because he'd never before seen this > radical shifting system I was using. > > I responded, "no, this is friction 7-speed shifting, This bike is from > 1990." To which he replied, "but that's a carbon bike!!!!" I said > "yes, carbon's been around since at least the early 80s." At that > point his eyes glazed over and I veered onto a different road. > > On Jun 8, 10:33 am, Joe Bartoe <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hi Everyone, > > > I thought I'd share a comical moment from my morning commute: > > > I was riding alongside another commuter (he on a Specialized Roubaix Carbon > > bike, me on my Riv) when he looked my bike over and asked what that extra > > tube was for. "What extra tube?" I asked. "The one under the top tube." he > > replied. It took me a few seconds to figure out that he was referrring to > > my frame pump. Wow! > > > Have a great Monday, > > > Joe > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Lauren found her dream laptop. Find the PC that’s right for > > you.http://www.microsoft.com/windows/choosepc/?ocid=ftp_val_wl_290- Hide > > quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
