I don't live in Silicon Valley. However, in the Reno/Tahoe areas we have multiple club rides that are going to be made up of the types of kits/bikes you mention. But that is only a snapshot of the type of riding those people do. That may be the perfect set up for a fast road ride of 30-50 miles with a bunch of club racer types on a Saturday morning. On Sunday morning maybe they are grabbing their Fargos and doing a multisurface ride. I certainly see that in the many people I know in the bike community. Or maybe they are grabbing golf clubs and getting kitted out for a different type of recreation with different group of friends. They are different horses in the stable and the type of ride you decide to use them on may determine a different kit/setup. I find people way to quick to judge on the list when they look at another rider on a carbon bike in Lycra and assume that person was duped by a bike shop into pretending to be Chris Froome. I'm not saying it doesn't happen, I'm just saying it feels an awful lot like self-righteousness and it troubles me.
Now if you want to judge someone for eating pet food.... ;-) Addison Wilhite, M.A. Academy of Arts, Careers and Technology <http://www.washoeschools.net/aact> *“Blazing the Trail to College and Career Success”* Educator: Professional Portfolio <http://addisonwilhite.blogspot.com/> Blogger: Reno Rambler <http://reno-rambler.blogspot.com/> Bicycle Advocate: Regional Transportation Commission, Bicycle Pedestrian Advisory Committee <http://www.rtcwashoe.com/public-transportation-22-124.html> On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 9:56 AM, Anne Paulson <anne.paul...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 5:38 AM, Addison Wilhite <addisonwilh...@gmail.com > > wrote: > >> I kind of feel like the revolution is over and we won. Anymore, while I >> can certainly find the carbon roadie types, they aren't living in the >> niche. Just like the "extreme" downhillers or whatever they are called. I >> just don't see a lot of riders so focused on 25mm tires that don't also >> accept the benefits of a fatter tire >> > > Not true where I am in Silicon Valley . If I show up at the start of one > of my (touring) club's rides, a ride meant for people riding a moderate > pace, and I see twenty other riders, there will be one steel bike, and I'll > be riding it. There will be no bikes that take tires wider than 28 mm, > other than my Roadeo. Typically riders have 25 mm tires pumped up rock > hard. Everyone will have lycra shorts including me (haven't found anything > else that works for me) and everyone else will be wearing roadie jerseys > with sublimated graphics. > > There's one club ride I go on, an easy-paced ride that I do for > camaraderie. Most of the riders are like me, over 50, in a lot of cases > well over 50. But there is one young woman who shows up on an old > Stumpjumper with flat bars, wearing street clothes. Although she has no > trouble keeping up, and she has a fine bike, almost every time she has > shown up at a ride I'm on someone will explain to her that her bike is > wrong and she needs a different one. > > -- > -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
