Hello to all, Patrick........well spoken.
To add to that sentiment................................it is my understanding from reading about Richard Sachs that when he builds his cyclo cross racing bikes for team members, that some thought goes in to how to make it take a bit less time to build these machines for their intended purpose of CX racing. While it might seem a pretty simple thing to add on a few assorted bosses for bottle cages and fenders and racks, it does all add up in time spent. To give all due credit, the man had dedicated his life to frame building and before he "closed" his waiting list for frames, he would and has built many frames with just these kinds of extra's for broader focused bikes. The frames mentioned in the article are built specifically for the cyclo cross racing team that he sponsers, so leaving off these features makes complete sense to me, and after building up two frames for each team member, probably saves Richard a considerable amount of time. The man is an artist in steel and a legend in frame building and I smile each and every time I see one of his frames on the road. As for my own bike riding..............................I'm perfectly well served by our good friends at Rivendell. I own two of their bikes now, and am making plans for another. Bottles, fenders, bags and all. Enjoy the ride, Jon. On Dec 10, 3:16 pm, Patrick in VT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >How could making something more useful for > > general riding (with little or no impact on its performance in > > competition) imply that it is a wall-hanger or casual rider? > >But the notion a practical bike is lessor for its practicality is one that > >is lost on > >me. > > hmm . .. I didn't read it that way. maybe it could have been stated > more eloquently, but the point was that Mr. Sachs builds his signature > 'cross bike with one intent - to race cx. > > water bottles and fenders have no place in cx, and to have these > features would imply that the bike can be, or might be used for other > purposes. The omission of these features speaks to Mr. Sachs passion > and dedication to cx. > > serious cx racing is not about being practical or versatile - it's > about riding as hard as you possibly can for 45-60mins without > throwing up or having to think about what a pain it's going to be to > remount my honjos. adding fenders and bottle cages *would* make it a > more casual rider kind of bike - so what? > > this doesn't make other practically designed bikes "lessor." Did > someone actually say that? Kind of like comparing apples and oranges, > isn't it? > > in any event, let's not get too defensive about our practically > designed bicycles. there's nothing wrong with having a bike that does > only one thing and does it really well and saying that it's better for > it's given purpose than other bikes designed with versatility in mind. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
