That's perfect!
On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 8:50 AM, WETH erlhous...@gmail.com wrote:
From the current issue of the *New Yorker:*
On Wednesday, March 11, 2015 at 9:11:23 AM UTC-4, Matthew J wrote:
Not to beat a dead horse or anything, but this picture posted yesterday
on a Crazyguyonabike
Brilliant. So on point.
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I've been following that journal and he is pretty amusing. As are Boris and
Antoine.
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Not to beat a dead horse or anything, but this picture posted yesterday on
a Crazyguyonabike journal I've been following is so typical of the way
European (and many Asian) cycle tourists dress just had to link.
The two in the picture are currently in Thailand have ridden overland from
France.
From the current issue of the *New Yorker:*
On Wednesday, March 11, 2015 at 9:11:23 AM UTC-4, Matthew J wrote:
Not to beat a dead horse or anything, but this picture posted yesterday on
a Crazyguyonabike journal I've been following is so typical of the way
European (and many Asian) cycle
Yeah. Hats off to him for putting so much effort into the journal. When I
tour come the end of the dead I pretty much crash into a heap wherever I
stop my bike.
On Wednesday, March 11, 2015 at 5:17:46 PM UTC-5, Edwin W wrote:
I've been following that journal and he is pretty amusing. As are
This all reminds me I personally need to be WAY MORE tolerant WAY MORE
patient and give everyone the benefit of the doubt that they may just be
having a bad day, or I just don't understand where they are coming from.
Besides, my Hawaiian shirts, Luxos headlight, 2 sets of MonkeyLectric
Monkey
You use your bike as the shopping cart??? Hmm never thought of that. I
guess the floors are concrete, at least at my grocer they are.
Wald baskets?
On Feb 26, 2015 8:41 PM, Patrick Moore bertin...@gmail.com wrote:
You must have walked in SPDs? And my Ram and '03 custom carry groceries
just
Hah Marc, that gave me a laugh. Reminds me of last summer, I was riding my
Atlantis with a big ol basket down a smooth paved road, moderate pace. I
came up alongside a guy riding a brand new Look carbon bike. It was by all
means a thoroughbred race machine. We got to a pair of railway tracks at
On 02/26/2015 09:54 AM, Marc Irwin wrote:
This reminds me of the first charity ride I did on my Hillborne (with
Bosco Bars). A rider came up beside me, asked about the bike, then
asked why anybody would want a bike like that? I said, I can take
this to the grocery store, ride a metric
On 02/27/2015 01:14 AM, 'hangtownmatt' via RBW Owners Bunch wrote:
When your bike weighs 90 pounds, a 2nd top tube may actually be doing
you some good!
I cannot agree and feel compelled to reply because I think others
could be misled. I'm no heavyweight (170 lbs.) and commute on a 2-TT
60cm
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I often stop by the grocery store on the way home from a ride. If I don't have
a lock with me, I use
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Subject: Re: [RBW] Re: Grant sets them straight with letter to editor
You use your bike as the shopping cart??? Hmm never thought of that. I guess
the floors are concrete, at least at my grocer they are.
Wald baskets?
On Feb 26, 2015 8:41 PM, Patrick Moore bertin...@gmail.com wrote
If the store manager complains, I wonder if they could be convinced that the
bike is less intrusive than the store's own wheeled carts. Less wide and tires
that are probably a tiny bit less likely to mark the floor. (Those swiveling
shopping cart wheels are less in control and sometimes scrape
Man if they were going to name a bike after me, they could have at least
made a tall enough frame.
On Feb 27, 2015 1:26 AM, David Yu Greenblatt
david.yu.greenbl...@gmail.com wrote:
That Steve Peat fellow knows how to have fun on a bike.
s24o in Scotland:
https://vimeo.com/67430580
Going
If it isn't the frame than I suppose it must be the Sugino crank.
Something's flexing.
Matt
On Friday, February 27, 2015 at 4:46:38 AM UTC-8, Steve Palincsar wrote:
On 02/27/2015 01:14 AM, 'hangtownmatt' via RBW Owners Bunch wrote:
When your bike weighs 90 pounds, a 2nd top tube may
What kind of crank is it? Some cranks with small BCD and large, stamped
rings can flex a lot.
On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 11:58 AM, 'hangtownmatt' via RBW Owners Bunch
rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com wrote:
If it isn't the frame than I suppose it must be the Sugino crank.
Something's flexing.
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*Subject:* Re: [RBW] Re: Grant sets them straight with letter to editor
I often stop by the grocery store on the way home from a ride. If I don't
have a lock with me, I use the two wheeled grocery cart.
Sent from my iPad
On Feb 26, 2015, at 6:57 PM
Subject: Re: [RBW] Re: Grant sets them straight with letter to editor
Bazinga!
On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 7:25 PM, Bill Lindsay
tapebu...@gmail.commailto:tapebu...@gmail.com wrote:
Tire labels not lined up with the valve stems!??!??
DISAPPROVE
On Thursday, February 26, 2015 at 4:20:14 PM UTC-8
If I have a bike with a Wald basket, it's such a beater that I can safely
park it unlocked outside. No, large saddlebags and, usually, panniers.
When my daughter was very small -- 2 1/2 to 4 or so -- I'd walk from my
house to the nearest Albertson's 1/4 mile away, Catie riding, first, a
pneumatic
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Bazinga!
On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 7:25 PM, Bill Lindsay
tapebu...@gmail.commailto:tapebu...@gmail.com wrote:
Tire labels not lined up
It's the standard Sugino XD 600.
On Friday, February 27, 2015 at 9:59:33 AM UTC-8, Mark Reimer wrote:
What kind of crank is it? Some cranks with small BCD and large, stamped
rings can flex a lot.
On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 11:58 AM, 'hangtownmatt' via RBW Owners Bunch
If you call yourself an Unracer doesn't that mean you still have some form
of preoccupation with racing?
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On Thursday, February 26, 2015 at 9:36:30 PM UTC-5, Steve Palincsar wrote:
On 02/26/2015 08:06 PM, Doug Williams wrote:
Perfect Geir!
Just wear whatever works for the ride you will be doing. Exercise clothes
or racing kit are fine if that is what you are doing. Nothing wrong with
Totally. Let's all be Un-Unracers! Oh, wait...darnit!
On Friday, February 27, 2015 at 2:52:14 PM UTC-8, Trenker wrote:
If you call yourself an Unracer doesn't that mean you still have some form
of preoccupation with racing?
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No problem keeping the beer cool.
dougP
On Thursday, February 26, 2015 at 8:03:24 PM UTC-8, cyclot...@gmail.com
wrote:
That Atlantis looks haaawt with those Nanoraptors!
On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 8:00 PM, Mark Reimer markn...@gmail.com
javascript: wrote:
Anton, I got you! I'm not from
I often stop by the grocery store on the way home from a ride. If I don't have
a lock with me, I use the two wheeled grocery cart.
Sent from my iPad
On Feb 26, 2015, at 6:57 PM, Steve Palincsar palin...@his.com wrote:
On 02/26/2015 09:40 PM, Patrick Moore wrote:
You must have walked in
When your bike weighs 90 pounds, a 2nd top tube may actually be doing you
some good!
I cannot agree and feel compelled to reply because I think others could be
misled. I'm no heavyweight (170 lbs.) and commute on a 2-TT 60cm
Hillborne. Granted I carry a commuters load in the rear but nothing
That Steve Peat fellow knows how to have fun on a bike.
s24o in Scotland:
https://vimeo.com/67430580
Going for a little spin with 3 of his pals on 650b bikes in France:
https://vimeo.com/63027254
David G in San Diego
On Feb 26, 2015, at 2:55 PM, Mark Reimer marknrei...@gmail.com wrote:
Oh I wouldn't be so sure about that...
http://theradavist.com/2015/02/santa-cruz-stigmata-cross-video/
On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 4:53 PM, ascpgh asc@gmail.com wrote:
It's odd, no spandex hamsters riding now. I guess riding across the minus
whatever, snow and ice covered darkness on studded
Well that should sell a bunch of stretchy light weight bikey stuff! I had
to stop half way through the video to catch my breath ;) Fun to watch.
On Feb 26, 2015 2:55 PM, Mark Reimer marknrei...@gmail.com wrote:
Oh I wouldn't be so sure about that...
Bill, I always thought it would have been great to get my silca painted to
match the bombadil so from a feet away TRIPLE TUBED!
On Feb 26, 2015 6:05 PM, Hugh Smitham hughsmit...@gmail.com wrote:
Well that should sell a bunch of stretchy light weight bikey stuff! I had
to stop half way
: Grant sets them straight with letter to editor
Bill, I always thought it would have been great to get my silca painted to
match the bombadil so from a feet away TRIPLE TUBED!
On Feb 26, 2015 6:05 PM, Hugh Smitham
hughsmit...@gmail.commailto:hughsmit...@gmail.com wrote:
Well that should
* Modern cycling jerseys are, IME, very comfortable.ˆ*
Andy: first, not at all a snark attack.
I am desperately seeking hot weather jerseys that don't stink after 15
minutes of riding. Wool is no good for me in temperatures much over 70F. No
one I know of makes cotton knit jerseys. Can you
Late to this thread - interesting and well-articulated perspectives all
around, as per RBWOB usual.
For me, the crux of the issue is that people should find a system that
works for them, go with it, and own it. For me, that extends throughout
life and is an intrinsic part of living in a
This reminds me of the first charity ride I did on my Hillborne (with Bosco
Bars). A rider came up beside me, asked about the bike, then asked why
anybody would want a bike like that? I said, I can take this to the
grocery store, ride a metric century comfortably, or take a trip over the
Patrick:
The two Steves speak the truth. I generally get free jerseys from charity
rides or pick some up from Long's when they're on sale. I've had some
smell a little after a century in humid Wisconsin summer weather, but not
badly.
It may be that some of us generate more toxic sweat than
No, it was just a low-grade double, IIRC. This would have been some time
around '97.
On Thursday, February 26, 2015 at 7:24:00 AM UTC-5, Steve Palincsar wrote:
On 02/26/2015 04:10 AM, Andrew Marchant-Shapiro wrote:
Grant is a marketeer and an interesting person. To some extent, he *is*
On 02/26/2015 09:22 AM, Patrick Moore wrote:
/ Modern cycling jerseys are, IME, very comfortable.ˆ/
/
/
Andy: first, not at all a snark attack.
I am desperately seeking hot weather jerseys that don't stink after 15
minutes of riding. Wool is no good for me in temperatures much over
70F. No
I'm another Steve in the DC Metro area and my experience from when I was riding
regularly in the summer was similar to Steve P's. The shorts were ride once
and wash, for anti fungal reasons, but jerseys did not necessarily need to be
washed every time. I used mostly Pearl Isumi jerseys, in
Thanks. Oh well. My 2 Pearl Izumi summer jerseys stink as quickly as the
others. Wool, OTOH, can go for 8 hours of riding without offending the
nearby public (I sweat in winter, too). And yes, I do bathe daily -- my
cotton shirts can go at least 2 full day wearings without being offensive.
Moving
On Wednesday, February 25, 2015 at 3:15:16 PM UTC-8, Steve Palincsar wrote:
On 02/25/2015 05:39 PM, Brewster Fong wrote:
Now, this is nothing but anedotal and just one example, but for my
buddy, the right tool got him going! I don't care what it was made out
of, but the supposedly
Things are nicer when people are advocates for what they like rather than
opponents of what they dislike. No need to come across as mean or
judgmental( Grant's own words in the intro to Just Ride) we're just
talking about bikes...
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On Thursday, February 26, 2015 at 11:13:15 AM UTC-8, Bill Lindsay wrote:
I own a 56cm Rivendell with a second top tube. Brewster Fong thinks my
bicycle is stupid and worthy of ridicule. I think my bicycle is beautiful
and I love riding it.
My Bomba
Craig Calfee is one of the few guys I'd trust to sell me a crabon fiber
bike appropriate for my weight and intended usage.
On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 1:49 PM, Brewster Fong bfd...@gmail.com wrote:
On Thursday, February 26, 2015 at 11:13:15 AM UTC-8, Bill Lindsay wrote:
I own a 56cm Rivendell
Brewster
My Bombadil is quite stiff. Bikes that plane are really flexible. My
Bombadil does not plane. My Rawland Stag with 7/4/7 standard diameter top
tube and downtube does plane. My Bombadil is very stout. I use it for
camping and trail riding. At times, I am carrying most of the gear
The only thing I dislike about my Atlantis is that it doesn't have a double
top tube.
On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 1:13 PM, Bill Lindsay tapebu...@gmail.com wrote:
I own a 56cm Rivendell with a second top tube. Brewster Fong thinks my
bicycle is stupid and worthy of ridicule. I think my bicycle
I own a 56cm Rivendell with a second top tube. Brewster Fong thinks my
bicycle is stupid and worthy of ridicule. I think my bicycle is beautiful
and I love riding it.
My Bomba
https://www.flickr.com/photos/45758191@N04/8474652710/in/set-72157632769612752
Brewster Fong thinks it is wrong
On 02/26/2015 03:10 PM, Bill Lindsay wrote:
Brewster
My Bombadil is quite stiff. Bikes that plane are really flexible.
My Bombadil does not plane. My Rawland Stag with 7/4/7 standard
diameter top tube and downtube does plane. My Bombadil is very stout.
I use it for camping and trail
the second top tube is also a terriffic handle for portaging it up the
stairs to BART
On Thursday, February 26, 2015 at 12:49:45 PM UTC-8, Steve Palincsar wrote:
On 02/26/2015 03:10 PM, Bill Lindsay wrote:
Brewster
My Bombadil is quite stiff. Bikes that plane are really flexible.
Grant is a marketeer and an interesting person. To some extent, he *is*
trying to get people to drink his Kool-Aid because that's his market
space. I well recall when he was selling an older Campy front derailer.
It had an oversized clamp, so he sold it with a plastic sleeve that you
used
On 02/26/2015 04:10 AM, Andrew Marchant-Shapiro wrote:
Grant is a marketeer and an interesting person. To some extent, he
/is/ trying to get people to drink his Kool-Aid because that's his
market space. I well recall when he was selling an older Campy front
derailer. It had an oversized
I believe I have read/skimmed all the comments by now and as a European who
has emigrated to the U.S. what strikes me as odd is the feeling I get that
riding a bike is something special. Something you need a club for, extra
things to buy, something a bit exotic. I believe the core of what Grant
Tire labels not lined up with the valve stems!??!??
DISAPPROVE
On Thursday, February 26, 2015 at 4:20:14 PM UTC-8, Pudge wrote:
You mean like this?
https://www.flickr.com/photos/37542512@N04/8566366471/in/set-72157624552118742
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How about the Ibex wool jersey, Patrick? They are very, very light, ss and rear
pockets. I've yet to have a knit jersey that I could wear two rides in a row. I
sweat like crazy and my wool stuff doesn't smell.
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I believe I have read/skimmed all the comments by now and as a European who has
emigrated to the U.S. what strikes me as odd is the feeling I get that riding a
bike is something special. Something you need a club
The best comment on the subject yet
On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 3:23 PM, Geir Bentzen geirbent...@gmail.com wrote:
I believe I have read/skimmed all the comments by now and as a European
who has emigrated to the U.S. what strikes me as odd is the feeling I get
that riding a bike is something
It's odd, no spandex hamsters riding now. I guess riding across the minus
whatever, snow and ice covered darkness on studded tires with fenders
generator hubs and lights isn't their magazine ad.
Andy Cheatham
Pittsburgh
On Thursday, February 26, 2015 at 9:54:30 AM UTC-5, Marc Irwin wrote:
Bazinga!
On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 7:25 PM, Bill Lindsay tapebu...@gmail.com wrote:
Tire labels not lined up with the valve stems!??!??
DISAPPROVE
On Thursday, February 26, 2015 at 4:20:14 PM UTC-8, Pudge wrote:
You mean like this? https://www.flickr.com/photos/
now that looks like a hella lota fun. Although I'd probably get the new
Salsa Warbird... carbon bike that fits 45mm tires. Seems like most of my
fun rides these days are like that ( a bit slower and drier though) and
there should be beer at the end too!
~mike
Carlsbad Ca.
On Thursday,
That snow looks to be about 28˚F or warmer. That's only minus whatever in
C. Grin.
With abandon,
Patrick
On Thursday, February 26, 2015 at 3:55:23 PM UTC-7, Mark Reimer wrote:
Oh I wouldn't be so sure about that...
http://theradavist.com/2015/02/santa-cruz-stigmata-cross-video/
On Thu,
Oh, I know they're babies. That video didn't fool me.
On Feb 26, 2015, at 5:26 PM, Deacon Patrick lamontg...@mac.com wrote:
That snow looks to be about 28˚F or warmer. That's only minus whatever in C.
Grin.
With abandon,
Patrick
On Thursday, February 26, 2015 at 3:55:23 PM UTC-7,
On 02/26/2015 08:06 PM, Doug Williams wrote:
Perfect Geir!
Just wear whatever works for the ride you will be doing. Exercise
clothes or racing kit are fine if that is what you are doing. Nothing
wrong with bike clothes for a long and/or hard ride. But bike shoes
and jerseys in the grocery
Sorry, Mark, we here in the northeast US call that a dusting. I'm afraid
that doesn't compare at all to what we've been getting over here. This is
how cyclists were rolling in the town next to mine the past couple weeks.
No spandex here.
On 02/26/2015 09:40 PM, Patrick Moore wrote:
You must have walked in SPDs? And my Ram and '03 custom carry
groceries just fine, while being fun to ride unladen. As for theft, I
usually wheel the bike through the aisles in place of a shopping cart.
I didn't say it couldn't be done, obviously
You must have walked in SPDs? And my Ram and '03 custom carry groceries
just fine, while being fun to ride unladen. As for theft, I usually wheel
the bike through the aisles in place of a shopping cart.
at least 3/4 of my riding is turning shopping and errand trips into cycling
detours on such
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I believe I have read/skimmed all the comments by now and as a European
who has emigrated to the U.S. what
I kind of feel like the revolution is over and we won. Anymore, while I
can certainly find the carbon roadie types, they aren't living in the
niche. Just like the extreme downhillers or whatever they are called. I
just don't see a lot of riders so focused on 25mm tires that don't also
accept
Every day, there are frightful sights in lycra on every bike path
On Wednesday, February 25, 2015 at 2:18:24 AM UTC-6, Peter M wrote:
Every runner knows those Damn walkers are just in the way Must be
winter.
On Feb 25, 2015 2:50 AM, 'pb' via RBW Owners Bunch
Guilty as charged. In fact I am definitely not an adherent to Grant's
thoughts on cycling attire. I'm wearing plum-smuggling cycling shorts
every time I ride, unless it's a very, very short ride.
But unlike some folks, I don't feel any pressure to conform to the Unracer
philosophy. It's just
No, Grant didn't invent the issue, but he has fed the flames, and kept it
alive, and he has perpetuated a stereotype, and he has offended folks along
the way. For no reason. And I assure you that it has affected his
bottom line by marginalizing him.
This appears to assume GP does what he
On 02/25/2015 10:30 AM, Will wrote:
so... was all that discomfort related clothes... or related to
position on bike?
Clothes. Cycling shoes eliminate foot pressure, cycling shorts have
padding and no seams to create pressure ridges. The following year with
no changes other than clothing I
When I started cycling in 1990 the landscape in Northern California was
roadies in lycra, mountain bikers in lycra, and po' folks like me in street
clothes on Goodwill beater bikes. There was no in between. Now there's a
whole world of city bikes and country bikes and fixies and cargo bikes and
Mark, I'm with you on this.
In the Texas summer, cooling and evaporation is everything. Padding =
insulation = chaffing.
Last summer I did three long rides in a row (180km, 130km and 110km back
to back) in the thinnest merino boxers and cotton shorts I could find. I
was next to naked.
Why do you need to wear special clothes to ride? Not arguing, just curious.
I've been riding for about 50 years. Newspaper bikes as a before teenage
years, then Raleigh racers in college. Shorts and tee shirt have always
worked for me. What's the advantage of bike shop attire?
On Wednesday,
I disagree with the previous statement. I've done many century rides in
good quality (Assos) lyrca kit on a number of saddles. Usually around the
60 mile mark I'll start to get a bit sore. By the end of the ride, it's a
constant dull ache. Doesn't matter if I use different brand of
I learned from Grant that seamless shorts/pants and a good saddle are more
important than padding. I actually got more comfortable on my usual
20-40-mile rides when I switched to wool unpadded underwear and Swrve baggy
shorts; tight, padded lycra didn't work well for me. I can't vouch for what
some of the arguments above need clarification. Racing Crowd should be
defined as the general trend of the industry. It actually doesn't include
actual racers. Rather, it's a droves of cyclists who leave a bike shop
with carbon and lycra, and an industry pushing them out the door that way.
On 02/25/2015 09:41 AM, Will wrote:
Why do you need to wear special clothes to ride? Not arguing, just
curious. I've been riding for about 50 years. Newspaper bikes as a
before teenage years, then Raleigh racers in college. Shorts and tee
shirt have always worked for me. What's the advantage
so... was all that discomfort related clothes... or related to position on
bike?
On Wednesday, February 25, 2015 at 8:53:57 AM UTC-6, Steve Palincsar wrote:
On 02/25/2015 09:41 AM, Will wrote:
Why do you need to wear special clothes to ride? Not arguing, just
curious. I've been riding
The body and the riding style must have some play in this as well.
Presumably many of the loaded cycle touring Europeans one sees on the
Eurovelo routes are riding multi-day. They probably do not ride a full
100+km every day and likely stop more frequently than someone attempting a
timed ride
Well, I've just typed out and deleted about four different comments to this
thread. None of them did anything other than unearth and compound
arguments. Rather than rehash and empower those, I found myself stepping
back and considering perspectives in the original-letter-to-the-editor's
On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 5:38 AM, Addison Wilhite addisonwilh...@gmail.com
wrote:
I kind of feel like the revolution is over and we won. Anymore, while I
can certainly find the carbon roadie types, they aren't living in the
niche. Just like the extreme downhillers or whatever they are called.
Jim, that's fair enough. Whatever works is the correct solution, but even
that is subjective and personal - what works for one doesn't work for
another and vise-versa.
On Wednesday, February 25, 2015 at 11:39:52 AM UTC-6, Cyclofiend Jim wrote:
Well, I've just typed out and deleted about
Well, I've just typed out and deleted about four different comments to this
thread. None of them did anything other than unearth and compound
arguments. Rather than rehash and empower those, I found myself stepping
back and considering perspectives in the original-letter-to-the-editor's
someone will explain to her that her bike is wrong
cue *forehead smacking into desk*
On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 11:56 AM, Anne Paulson anne.paul...@gmail.com
wrote:
On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 5:38 AM, Addison Wilhite addisonwilh...@gmail.com
wrote:
I kind of feel like the revolution is over
I loved that squeeking mouse at the base of a big waterfall image myself,
and am thankful to Grant for being that mouse (and for the internet that
helps the squeak for far!) for helping me find the fun in biking and even
for making biking possible for me (the other frames I rode took a lot of
Paul and Jim: from what I observe around me in ABQ, NM, which is a
cycling-enthusiast city, is that there are all kinds of riders riding all
kinds of things, but I see more than a few fat middle aged people slowly
riding carbon fiber racing bikes in tight lycra kit on the bike path. Now
that may
well said jim.
i think a rational skeptic's eye put to either side shows that a lot of the
gear and the clothes and the style is more about taste than black and white
better or worse. i definitely wont wear lycra for a host of reasons, but i
also sometimes roll my eyes at seersucker knickers
It finds ramparts and entrenchments where many of us see only expansive
fields. Suggests battle lines which would put many of us at odds with
ourselves.
Hear Hear
On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 9:38 AM, Cyclofiend Jim cyclofi...@gmail.com
wrote:
Well, I've just typed out and deleted about four
I don't live in Silicon Valley. However, in the Reno/Tahoe areas we have
multiple club rides that are going to be made up of the types of kits/bikes
you mention. But that is only a snapshot of the type of riding those
people do. That may be the perfect set up for a fast road ride of 30-50
miles
Good to hear that's what's going on in Reno/Tahoe. But I've been a
member of my club for 30 years, so I know the other members. They
haven't got Fargos sitting in their garages. They're mostly afraid of
dirt, and they cancel rides *if the roads are wet*. No, I am not
making that up; they are
I was in my early 40's when I returned to biking. The LBS in San
Francisco didn't try to sell me a race bike, but it was clear that they
thought if I didn't get a road/race bike, then I needed a Mountain Bike. I
bought a Kona Fire Mountain and didn't really ride it much either in the
Bay
Well, not necessarily bike shop attire, but cycling-specific attire: less
chafing, less binding, better coverage (I hate low-waisted pants that pull
down, and short tops that pull up); less annoying flapping (windy, here);
adapts well to changes in temperature, both external and internal; doesn't
I really think we're in the golden-age of awesome cycling right now! I
believe that at this point, based on my personal anecdotal observations, so
therefore 100% valid, a lot of riding is happening! And all kinds of people
are riding all kinds of bikes wearing all kinds of things.
So now that
The right tool for the job, and the humbleness to recognize when such are
necessary.
Folks really do take themselves too seriously.
Andy Cheatham
Pittsburgh
On Wednesday, February 25, 2015 at 9:53:57 AM UTC-5, Steve Palincsar wrote:
On 02/25/2015 09:41 AM, Will wrote:
Why do you need to
On Wednesday, February 25, 2015 at 1:42:01 PM UTC-8, ascpgh wrote:
The right tool for the job, and the humbleness to recognize when such are
necessary.
Folks really do take themselves too seriously.
Agree! I love these types of threads! You see all sides. I'm from the camp
that if CF
One thing I think is a factor in a lot of this, is socioeconomics. Maybe
I'm wrong, or, maybe not where you are, but, at least for my neck of the
woods. (my neck of the woods being, a non-urban center, small-town,
car-centric region where everyone over 15 is expected to have a car or
I own a Mini Cooper and see a similar thing in the group. As new , the cars
handle so well. But owners look at racecars that are very low and think
that you have to have that look and the change will surely improve the
handling. Well, maybe not, ( probably not). Oh well
On Tuesday, February
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