on 11/19/09 7:50 PM, Tim McNamara at tim...@bitstream.net wrote: > > On Nov 19, 2009, at 5:16 PM, CycloFiend wrote: > >> on 11/19/09 5:39 AM, Mark at mclbicy...@gmail.com wrote: >> >>> Efficiency is a funny word to those who ride a bike for fun! I agree >>> it may be important if you are in competition, but when I ride and I >>> am out looking at the birds and the beautiful scenery, effeciency? To >>> me, thats why I was attracted to Grant, because his whole philosophy >>> about bike riding has been forgotten by the industry that has >>> forgotten what it was like as a kid to just go out and have fun >>> riding >>> a bike. Thats what makes the RIV so much better and fun! >>> >>> No offense intended Eric, People do ride bikes for different reasons >>> and if training or competition is important, stay with the deraileur! >> >> I think the bicycle is the most wonderfully efficient tool we've >> managed to >> come up with, and don't find the ideas of effiency to be at odds >> with GP or >> Rivendell in general. > > Well, we're begging the question "efficiency for what?" For a Tour > de France TT? Or for a pleasant afternoon's ride on a sunny day?
Good question. I think my point was that the feeling of efficiency is part of my enjoyment, whether riding to the farmer's market of pushing my meagre speed envelope. The efficiency of a fixed gear resonates with me, as does a rigid mtb. I know there are some limitations with those choices, but prefer the limitations with those systems. Recently I got back on the Quickbeam-in-fixed-mode after a bit of a layoff, and reminded myself of that feeling. Rode around thinking "why do I mess around with coastable, many-geared setups anyway?" Of course, there were some climbs which reminded me of why... ;^) - Jim -- Jim Edgar cyclofi...@earthlink.net ³Velvet pillows, safari parks, sunglasses: people have become woolly mice. They still have bodies that can walk for five days and four nights through a desert of snow, without food, but they accept praise for having taken a one-hour bicycle ride.² - Tim Krabbe, "The Rider" Cyclofiend Bicycle Photo Galleries - http://www.cyclofiend.com Current Classics - Cross Bikes Singlespeed - Working Bikes Send In Your Photos! - Here's how: http://www.cyclofiend.com/guidelines -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=.
