Ron, please save your prickle for someone else. I put no words in your mouth and said pretty clearly "I interpreted Ron Mc's..."
I also said pretty clearly that this attitude stems from design and marketing. Have a great ride! I really like your Viner! On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 12:25 PM, Ron Mc <[email protected]> wrote: > well that's certainly extrapolating - here, have these words back that you > put in my mouth. It's more about marketing than anything > > On Thursday, May 12, 2016 at 12:15:31 PM UTC-5, Tim Gavin wrote: >> >> Yes, it's disappointing that the author didn't make that more clear. >> >> I interpreted Ron Mc's "it's just the whole gruppo thing" to be a >> regretful observation that many roadies are "complete-ists" and wouldn't >> think of mixing and matching parts from other groups (let alone other >> manufacturers). >> Aka, it's too bad that they've bought into narrow-minded, race-oriented >> design and marketing in component groups. >> Bicycling magazine has reinforced this narrow-minded perspective, and I >> believe that's why Paul G thought this article was remarkable. >> >> >> -- > 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 https://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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
