" I further state, asseverate, insist, proclaim, announce and assert that fixed gears can certainly be wonderfully practical errand and commuter bikes!"
I agree, absolutely. lyle On 10 April 2012 15:51, PATRICK MOORE <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > For me, the most appealing thing about riding fixed -- and I am, for > once, completely serious -- is that it gives you no other options when > you reach that hill or turn into that wind except adapting your riding > style to the new conditions. I never understood what they mean by > "feeling more 'at one' with a fixed gear"; seems bogus to me but I am > not dogmatic on this point. Again, the principal and great appeal of > the fixed gear is precisely that it forces to to adapt, succumb, > surrender, change, accept the challenge. > > [Serious mode off.] I further state, asseverate, insist, proclaim, > announce and assert that fixed gears can certainly be wonderfully > practical errand and commuter bikes! > > On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 11:30 AM, Imladris <dgoldberger...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Whenever I get the urge to own a "fixie", I just start riding in one > > gear and never stop pedaling. Then, when I hit a steep uphill or > > downhill, the urge passes and I shift. ;-) > > > > As a practical question, why couldn't a Rambouillet (or a Roadeo) be > > set up as a single speed and converted back when you need gearing? > > The SimpleOne seems to be outside of the Rivendell velosophy of > > practical, but beautiful, bikes. Also, once you throw brakes on a > > fixie, you alienate the one demographic (in NYC, anyway) that seems to > > want to ride one. > > > > On Mar 25, 3:27 pm, David Spranger <daspran...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> After only a week of riding my SimpleOne, I find it is fast becoming my > >> favorite bike. I cannot pin down what quality it has that gives me such > a > >> joy to ride. I own a Rambouillet and a Surly LHT and it would be easy to > >> make the argument that either one of those is way more practical for my > >> purposes than the SimpleOne. I do love both of those bikes and would not > >> easily give them up, but the SimpleOne has become my new best friend. I > am > >> grateful that I bought one before they disappeared. > >> > >> David Spranger > > > > -- > > 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-bunch@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=en. > > > > > > -- > > ------------------------- > Patrick Moore, Albuquerque, NM > For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW > http://resumespecialties.com/index.html > ------------------------- > > A billion stars go spinning through the night > Blazing high above your head; > But in you is the Presence that will be > When all the stars are dead. > > Ranier Maria Rilke, Buddha in Glory > > -- > 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-bunch@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=en. > > -- lyle f bogart dpt 156 bradford rd wiscasset, me 04578 207.882.6494 206.794.6937 -- 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-bunch@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=en.
