Interesting Norma talks about the Lycra wearing tourists. In fact, I think U.S. touring cyclists are influenced by either racers, marketing or both.
If you have toured in the U.S. and elsewhere, you quickly notice how much more prevalent are road style bikes with drop bars, cycling clothes, step in pedals are among U.S. tourers. European, South American and Japanese cycle tourists on the other hand are far more likely to ride hybrid style bikes similar to late '80s early '90s MTBs with flat or butterfly bars, wear non-cycle specific clothes and use pedals without cleats. It is not to say there are not road racer style riding cyclists in Europe, South America and Japan. There most certainly are. Cycling is far more ingrained in the psyche in much of the rest of the world. People there about to go on tour don't look to road racers for ideas. They use what has worked well for them personally and tourists for decades. -- 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.
