Max, you forgot your favorite riding position: NO HANDS. Joe, the club folks are really, really nice. The young racers in the super-fast groups don’t talk to us, but I guess I don’t talk to them, either, so…
> On Jul 26, 2022, at 11:23 PM, Max S <msht...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I think that's just part of the design intent for the bike, and the reason > the drop bar is such a persistent design element. I think that on a properly > set-up road bike, I should have at least 3 positions: 1) Chillin', 2) > Groovin', and 3) Jammin' – tops, hoods, and drops, respectively. When I'm > "Chillin'", I want to be comfortable, and my position may not be all that > different than when I'm riding my commuter bike with swept-back bars. > > - Max "gotta work on my flexibility as I age" in A2 > >> On Tuesday, July 26, 2022 at 5:14:52 PM UTC-4 Joe Bernard wrote: >> What the dropbar riders would tell you is they have the option of that >> higher position plus a lower one. Which is fair if you're going to use it, >> but in all my years of riding drops I hardly ever did. Gimme my Billies! >> >> Joe "upright and catching wind as the Good Lord intended" Bernard >> >>> On Tuesday, July 26, 2022 at 4:29:03 AM UTC-7 Marc Irwin wrote: >>> It was a normal Monday night ride with the Kalamazoo Bicycle Club. A >>> typical group was riding 15-16 MPH for 25 or so miles. A good bunch of >>> people in biking regalia on their over the counter crotch rockets with drop >>> bars, except for me and Leah Peterson on our Rivendells. with upright bars. >>> In the lousy cell phone shot I took from the back of the group, Leah is >>> the second white helmet from from the front left. Notice her posture >>> compared to the body position of all the riders on their drop bars. >>> >>> It was that way the whole ride. Most club riders assume their drop bars >>> make them faster, after all, EVERYBODY uses them right? >>> >>> Marc > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google > Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/bycr4qzomKk/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/3b5ebd00-4e13-4dbf-86f3-7daa5e0f561en%40googlegroups.com. -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/6D5BCA4A-3D97-4727-82AD-E3A742540FF8%40gmail.com.
