Because … it’s … FUN! Let’s all go back into the past for a second or two …
Didn’t anybody else here ever make believe they were the world’s fastest cyclist when you were a kid? I know *I* did. My friends and I used to put number plates on our Sting-Rays and make motorcycle noises while pedaling as hard as we could. It felt great. Have some of the people on this list forgotten those long ago, happy days? Now that we’re adults and have the money, we can indulge the child inside us and ride a bike that looks just like the one that the guy who won the Tor de France used. Sure, it’s not going to be able to carry a load of groceries home. Sure, it’s not “practical” in some senses of that word. Sure, it encourages you to ride in a “racing posture.” That’s the point! You’re a racer! You’re fast! You’re riding a cutting edge, carbon fiber bike! Wheeeeee! And where’s the harm in that? We all know that some bike shops oversell the latest carbon racing machines. But that’s where you have to give some credit to the guy or gal who’s buying the bike. There are lots of choices in bikes out there, and I don’t see anybody twisting arms to get riders on the latest Trek or Pinarello. For the same reasons, I don’t look at someone driving a two-seater sports car and wonder who snookered them into buying it. Is a Mazda Miata “practical”? Depends on how you define that, but probably not. But so what? It’s fun! (I should know, my wife has one.) There are all kinds of fun, including the kind that involves dressing up in lycra, swinging your leg over a carbon wonderbike, hitting the bike path, and believing in your own mind, for just a little while, that you’re leading the pack up the Alp d'Huez. I repeat: Where’s the harm in that? Remember, the book is “Just Ride,” not “Just Ride the Way I Do.” --Eric N [email protected] www.CampyOnly.com Campyonlyguy.blogspot.com @Campyonlyguy > On Jul 29, 2015, at 12:46 PM, Daniel D. <[email protected]> wrote: > > why is it so many people think that they should ride the equivalent bike on > the street and/or bike trail when they are not even in a race? -- 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.
