I can't really say I drank the Rivendell Kool-Aid but I have been positively influenced by Grant's ideas. When I was first referred to RBW's website, I stuck around and studied it largely because I already held a lot of the same ideals. High handlebars, wide-range gearing, fatter tires, comfortable position, utility, etc... However, Grant's ideas did get me back on steel after a 5-year hiatus where I rode Aluminum and he inspired me to spec my own build from the frameset up. Also, even though I had always ridden 35-38mm tires, my inclination was to go skinnier. Grant changed that. I've been using friction thumbshifters and I might just end up using bar-ends on my soon-to-happen drop bar conversion. Neither of those would have ever happened if not for Grant's writing. I don't particularly care about lugs or fancy paint or leather saddles or pull-back handlebars. I prefer a bike that leans more toward the "agile" side of things than the "stable" side. You'd have to pay me a significant amount of money to get me to go bike camping or touring or riding in the rain so all the braze-ons are wasted on me (my bike does have them though). All in all, Grant and RBW have influence me in some very positive ways but I can't say I've drank the Kool-Aid.
On Thursday, September 5, 2013 3:33:04 PM UTC-5, Corwin Booth wrote: > I was trying to think of some clever reference to the Electric Kool Aid > Acid Test, but failed. > > Probably the *only* think I don't like about riding my Hilsen are the > occasional snarky comments about having imbibed in the Petersen Kool Aid. > Never mind that everyone knows that we drink miruvor, or that I just happen > to agree with riding with normal shoes, fenders, the "largest saddlebag > I've ever seen!" (that was another comment, not uttered in an entirely > friendly way), after years of experience... > > So I really want to respond by saying something about how this person or > that drank the clipless Kool Aid, or the skinny tire Kool Aid, or the > plastic saddle Kool Aid, and certainly the Karbon Kool Aid. But I never do. > > I'll bet other folks on this list have experienced this phenomenon... > -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
