If what Grant['s] attitude was: "If you use your bike frequently for transport, you will sooner or later be in a situation where you need to be in a hurry to get to an appointment or be late for a meeting, etc. To treat your bicycle like it's only meant to be a toy used only for pleasure is antithetical for those of us for whom the bicycle is a key transportation tool." Then that's fine and I would agree with it. But what about his mixed opinion "descendants" who want to use the relaxed angled frame bikes and upright more swooped-back handle bars he promotes nowadays to ride into the wind and pace lines without extra effort?
On Friday, May 16, 2025 at 3:46:13 PM UTC-5 [email protected] wrote: > >> Patrick wrote “Grand is wrong on this one.” Now I do not follow Grant’s >> writings all that closely but did he actually say that a very upright rider >> is not at a disadvantage to a more “aerodynamic” positioned rider into the >> wind? Or, did he say something more along the lines of “who cares?”. >> If it’s the latter what did he get wrong? >> Richard - used to ride long, fast pace lines. Doesn’t any more. >> >> >> I don’t think Grant was wrong. He was just advocating for a slow down, >> enjoy the scenery, un-racer bicycling philosophy. If you’re not trying to >> ride more than 15-16mph average (ignoring wind), aerodynamics don’t matter. >> > > One of my earliest cycling mentors was sponsored by Grant back when he > was at Bridgestone. Much like me, he tended to use his bicycle as > transportation (commuting, traveling, maybe even carting the kids to > school). He was very annoyed by the "cycling is only for recreation" ethos > that Grant later espoused. His attitude was: "If you use your bike > frequently for transport, you will sooner or later be in a situation where > you need to be in a hurry to get to an appointment or be late for a > meeting, etc. To treat your bicycle like it's only meant to be a toy used > only for pleasure is antithetical for those of us for whom the bicycle is > a key transportation tool." To the extent that I chose jobs all through my > career that were within bicycle commuting distance (even during the > pandemic I didn't trust the remote work thing to last), a faster cycling > speed meant I had more jobs I could choose from. > -- 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 view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/142d9b8f-03d7-4dac-b9a6-3d688ab5aafbn%40googlegroups.com.
