On Wednesday, February 25, 2015 at 1:42:01 PM UTC-8, ascpgh wrote: > > The right tool for the job, and the humbleness to recognize when such are > necessary. > > Folks really do take themselves too seriously. > Agree! I love these types of threads! You see all sides. I'm from the camp that if CF bikes, lycra gets people riding, well go for it! I have a buddy who for over 20+ years, we've been trying to get him out and riding with us. For 20+ years, he says naw, all I need is my old is my old mtb. He hated dt shifters and thought the positioning on a road bike was too painful. Then about 4 years ago, he wanted a new bike and went into a Specialized dealer. They put him on an aluminum road bike, but one designed for higher bars with a wider seat and BAM, he was hooked! Not only did he buy the bike and wanted to ride, he actually "upgraded" to the carbon model within 2 weeks!! Further, and I'm not done yet, two years later he started talking to us about getting a new bike?! The next thing you know he walks into a Trek dealer and drops $5K+ on a Madone with the latest ultegra di2! Moreover, and you all will love this, this guy, who was 5'11 190, got so into riding that he DROPPED 30 POUNDS!!!! Yup, all of a sudden, he has the latest clothing (lycra jersey, shorts, the whole 9 yards) and is killing everyone blasting up the hill?!! Now, this is nothing but anedotal and just one example, but for my buddy, the right tool got him going! I don't care what it was made out of, but the supposedly stiff, uncomfortable aluminum frame road bike got him hooked and we love it! Btw, for all you paleo lovers, you'll hate this guy! While dropping 30lbs, he still eats like a pig and that includes massive amounts of noodles, rice and bread (hey, a guy's got to carbo load!).... In the meantime, I'm just the opposite and can't drop an ounce. Maybe I need to do that paleo thing....Good Luck!
> > Andy Cheatham > Pittsburgh > > > On Wednesday, February 25, 2015 at 9:53:57 AM UTC-5, Steve Palincsar wrote: >> >> On 02/25/2015 09:41 AM, Will wrote: >> > Why do you need to wear special clothes to ride? Not arguing, just >> > curious. I've been riding for about 50 years. Newspaper bikes as a >> > before teenage years, then Raleigh racers in college. Shorts and tee >> > shirt have always worked for me. What's the advantage of bike shop >> > attire? >> >> I will never forget the first time I tried to ride a century. It was >> 1973, and I had a P15 Paramount. I was wearing a T shirt, BVDs, cut off >> denim jeans for shorts, some kind of sneakers and no gloves. By the end >> of the ride I had branded into my memory the true meaning of the Johnny >> Cash song "Ring of Fire" -- blazing lines of pain on my backside from >> the seams on both underwear and denim shorts, parallel grooves of pain >> in my feet where the edges of the pedals had transmitted their pressure >> through the soles of my sneakers. My hands felt as though they were on >> fire as well. Every 10 miles or so I'd stop and lie down on the ground >> and try to will the agony away, but by mile 75 I realized I'd been >> wishing a dog would run out in front of me so I could crash and just lay >> down on the pavement. At that point I stopped and waited for the SAG >> wagon. It's the only time I've ever SAGged back from a century. >> >> >> -- 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.
