Not at all what I intended to say. Those things going on with Nitto bars and rear deraillers are both improvements on existing technologies. I was referring to things like the excessive use of CF in both frames as well as seat post,s forks, etc.; the introduction of automated gear shifting; the AI sensitive shifting of the foot back and forth on a cleated pedal when climbing, etc. Further (and I'm slightly reluctant to go here) there's the unfortunate advent of high-speed e-bikes on trails, etc.
On Sunday, January 4, 2026 at 9:48:19 AM UTC-6 [email protected] wrote: > The “next big thing” for me is the OM-1 RD, and new Riv/Nitto bars. And, > yeah, I suppose I’m chasing them. > Mike > > On Jan 4, 2026, at 10:09 AM, George Schick <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yes, indeed. Chasing after the "next big thing" can easily ruin > something that should just be fun. I recall how many years ago the sport > of off-hand steel silhouette shooting was ruined when someone developed a > laser rifle/scope combo that wouldn't allow the shooter to pull the trigger > unless the sight was dead-on the target. For Christmas I was given a book > by Bill McGann entitled "Why Your Bike is Made in Asia: My Career in > Bicycles as I watched Two Continents Squander an Industry," in which he > describes the evolution of the bicycle and its components. Among other > things it's a sad depiction of how the industry keeps developing more and > more "automated" and sophisticated controls and components to cater to the > racing crowd and yet everyone follows the carrot so to speak. > > > > On Sunday, January 4, 2026 at 8:51:51 AM UTC-6 John Dewey wrote: > >> Like many here I imagine, I stopped chasing the tech many years ago…and >> Rivendell was largely responsible. >> >> That realization did lead to an accumulation of spare / now rare >> consumables but that’s a good thing. Like most here, I now just ride and >> obsessively maintain. >> >> It’s delightfully liberating. >> >> On Fri, Jan 2, 2026 at 8:09 PM Steven Aussenberg <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> For those who haven’t seen this yet: >>> >>> [image: maxresdefault.jpg] >>> >>> 【レジェンド対談】RIVENDELL グラントさんとNITTO 吉川社長 <https://youtu.be/HHw_sG-csfQ> >>> youtu.be <https://youtu.be/HHw_sG-csfQ> >>> <https://youtu.be/HHw_sG-csfQ> >>> >>> >>> -Steven in Arcata >>> >>> -- >>> >> 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/E86898B7-ED71-489C-BD60-D7876F0FCD11%40gmail.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/E86898B7-ED71-489C-BD60-D7876F0FCD11%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- > 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/10eaf7c8-4f07-4456-acc8-6399bbb203a7n%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/10eaf7c8-4f07-4456-acc8-6399bbb203a7n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- 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/6f9854d5-6176-4ed9-8629-bd662456a52cn%40googlegroups.com.
