Aaaaannnd we have reached the dead of winter! From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com [mailto:rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Bill Lindsay Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2015 2:13 PM To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [RBW] Re: Grant sets them straight with letter to editor
I own a 56cm Rivendell with a second top tube. Brewster Fong thinks my bicycle is stupid and worthy of ridicule. I think my bicycle is beautiful and I love riding it. My Bomba<https://www.flickr.com/photos/45758191@N04/8474652710/in/set-72157632769612752> Brewster Fong thinks it is wrong for Grant to insult carbon fiber, but he doesn't mind insulting my bike. I get it! Brewster Fong says "whatever gets you riding!", but obviously doesn't really mean it. I really mean it. If you love your bike, that's awesome! Bill Lindsay El Cerrito, CA On Thursday, February 26, 2015 at 9:46:43 AM UTC-8, Brewster Fong wrote: On Wednesday, February 25, 2015 at 3:15:16 PM UTC-8, Steve Palincsar wrote: On 02/25/2015 05:39 PM, Brewster Fong wrote: > 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! Some of those Alu Specialized road bikes have riding positions very similar to what GP was advocating back in 2002. I know quite a few people who have them and like them a lot. I think the Zerts inserts are pure placebo and the bikes would be better off with something wider than a 25mm tire, but for something you can just walk into a LBS and get for (by modern standards) relatively cheap money, there are lots worse bikes people could buy. Yes, it is not just Specialized, but all the biggies - Trek, C'dale and Giant to name a few - now offer more "upright" riding position for all their bikes. For example, Trek sells its carbon bikes with a H1 fit. That's the standard racing fit with low, low bars and super high saddles. BUT, they also sell the same frames/bikes with a H2 fit that has higher bars and a more upright riding position. In fact, this is how the new 10.25lb Trek Emondo, or whatever it is called, is being offered. Then again, if you're really going to spend $15k for a bike, it better be available in any position that you want! I believe the credit for this positioning goes to Grant and his famous "raise dat stem" article that came out in the late 90s?! Now, if we can only do something about G's fetish with double top tubes (on a 56cm frame!) and carbon bashing, we might have something....Good Luck! -- 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<mailto:rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com<mailto: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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ **************************************************** This email (and any attachments thereto) is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this email (and any attachments thereto) is strictly prohibited. If you receive this email in error please immediately notify me at (212) 735-3000 and permanently delete the original email (and any copy of any email) and any printout thereof. Further information about the firm, a list of the Partners and their professional qualifications will be provided upon request. **************************************************** ============================================================================== -- 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.
