Patrick, The thread on the discussion seamed to take off in a different direction than I thought it would have. After reading the post by Jan my first thought... (notice thought .. not accusation) was WOW I thought Jan and Grant were friends I wonder why the attack on Rivendell. The seersucker double top tube thing and oversized tubing wasn't whatever and rivendell uses oversized tube so then.. etc. Though things were not directly said they seemed to be implied even so far as to say nothing in bike shops existed in performance bikes other than cheap no good (my perception of what was written right or wrong) entry level race bikes.
Then I thought well my AHH is a performance and I wouldn't want anything with more flex. Then I thought well I'm 6'5" tall and 225 and Jan is looking at other sizes etc. So no biggie. I then bought some stuff from Compass Bicycles for home stock and trying out some tires. I may not relate to and my experience in many cases does not match his assertions. I just blow it off. I was reading somewhere on his (Jan's) site that a friend of his thought Jan was faster on a different piece of equipment I thought Tires (Jans favorite). He changed and indicated the stop watch said he was faster and he changed tires. I would not relate to that as the feel is more important than the watch to me. But I did spend a great deal of time in my life chasing that speed and understand it. In the end I was disappointed by the seemingly broad brush strike at Rivendell and felt like he was as critical and divisive as those he was complaining about. Now it's a three way.. just not the kind I like :) It was my perceptions and how I took it. I am NOT claiming it WAS or trying to say what Jan meant to say.. only how I felt after reading it. Kelly On Wednesday, August 8, 2012 10:21:48 AM UTC-5, Patrick Moore wrote: > > Yes, I am rather sorry I posted that link -- a lot more heat than > light in the ensuing comments. I imagined the general reaction would > be, "hmm, interesting," click on next tab. > > I think it's time to give this one a rest. > > On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 8:43 AM, jimD <raste...@comcast.net <javascript:>> > wrote: > > Ploughing old ground. > > > > Tubes - thin or fat. > > Tires - skinny or fat. > > Inflation - high or low. > > > > This has been debated on various fora over a span of several years, till > all that remains are beliefs, opinions, > > fortified positions, and boredom. > > > > Seems this stuff needs to get batted around periodically. The Google > already has > > most of what has been so assiduously argued here. > > > > I appreciate the different points of view and the methods used to arrive > at those beliefs > > but sure can't understand the discussion getting 'heavy'. > > > > Sheesh , we're talking about bicycles. > > > > We will Ride what we like, believe what we want, none of it will amount > to a hill of beans > > when seen in the context of (just) riding our bike/s. > > > > That's my story and I'm sticking to it, > > JimD > > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/3_FP2_XHsKYJ. 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.
