Alas, ignorance about the history of bikes is just the tip of the iceberg. These are people who don't know that JFK was killed by political nut cases; believe that FDR caused the Depression; and can be bamboozled into thinking the holocaust never happened.
On Jun 13, 2:28 pm, GeorgeS <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > > referring 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
