The emotional support and affirmation is so important. Most of the people I ride with have carbon bikes, or if we're riding off-road, they have full-suspension mountain bikes. It can be hard to be the only one on steel, with wider tires. Without the affirmation that I'm not the only one, I'd have a tough time saying, "No. That's not what I want. Those narrow tires, that carbon fiber bike, those bikes that can't carry anything, those don't fulfill my needs," when everyone else is telling me to get a carbon fiber road bike and a suspension on my off-road bike.
So thanks, Grant, and thanks, all Riv folks on this list, for having my back. On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 9:56 AM, Grant Petersen <[email protected]> wrote: > > This is neat, because it has proved that NON-racers can drive things, too. > The internet helps. Without the emotional support and affirmation that comes > from unseen strangers, a lot of people would be timid to go this way, or > wouldn't even know it was an option. -- -- Anne Paulson It isn't a contest. Enjoy the ride. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
