Those are great posts, guys. Tell your under-biked friends about the sale!! I'd love to keep it but two people, 8 bikes (including a long- john cargo), and 750 square feet is a recipe for thinning the herd.
On May 25, 5:56 pm, PATRICK MOORE <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > Here is what DB has to say about his HBS (from the web): > > "There was a time when we took our road bikes everywhere, in all > seasons. Our frames > and forks came ready with braze-ons for fenders as well as plenty of > clearance to > accommodate more rubber. We’d swap out wheels, mount fenders, and > ride all week to > school, train in wet weather, and ramble unpaved lanes and across > fields---then we’d pare > down, put on our best sew-up skinnies, and head for the weekend races. > We had one bike > that could really do it all, smartly designed for versatility and as > uncompromising on > trails as it was at races. > Times have changed and I’m lucky enough to have more than one bike. I love my > dedicated race bike but it’s not well-suited for paths, gravel roads, > or even long easy days > at half-speed on fat tires. Over the past few years I’ve thought a > lot about the kind of > bike I could ride on my fastest days with friends who love to hammer > and climb but > would also be right with fenders and a larger tire. Have I taken up a > quixotic dream? Am > I lost in mere nostalgia? It’s hard to describe the relief and the > joy I felt when first saw I > Hampsten Cycles’ Strada Bianca. It felt like comin’ home. This was > exactly what I was > looking for. > Here was a bike designed to express the passions of one of racing’s > modern greats, Andy > Hampsten who had raced and won in unimaginably bad conditions and who’d never > settle for a bike that didn’t perform. But this was no toss at > nostalgia or retro styling. > The Strada Bianca is up to date in materials and construction, > offering options that could > take it down either traditional or contemporary lines of design, all > custom, and sensibly > priced. In steel, titanium, or even aluminum, the Strada Bianca is > the go-anywhere, haveit-your-way answer that brings modern cycling > back to its best roots: a true road bike that > won’t keep you from the fast group and yet is designed for comfort and > versatility over > rough roads and long days in the saddle. > My own HC SB is titanium, wears a threadless carbon fork designed for > standard reach > (57mm) caliper brakes, and mounts fenders in only a few minutes. I > took it to Europe > last summer to ride with a fast group over a Tour de France stage, > using race wheels and > skinny tires. This winter I’ve been riding with fat tires and fenders > on the wet, gravelstrewn roads of the beautiful Finger Lakes of > western New York. The only thing still > holding me back is me but the bike, the bike is everything I have ever > hoped it could be, > and honestly better than the bikes I remember as a kid. The design, > the performance, and > the remarkable versatility without compromise make the Strada Bianca a > distinctive and > astonishingly fun ride. There aren’t many contemporary bikes > conceived to perform with > so many kinds of cycling in mind. The Strada Bianca may be Hampsten > Cycles’ most > remarkable contribution to date and, as far as I can tell, the future > looks bright. > Douglas Brooks" -- 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.
