On Mar 14, 5:24 pm, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote: > On Sat, 2009-03-14 at 13:07 -0700, Patrick in VT wrote: > The Hampsten Strada Bianca is arguably a country bike and also arguably > a racing bike. Would have riders in this dirt road race been better > served on a Strada Bianca than any made-for-23mm-carbon road racer? I > think yes and hell yes.
absolutely agree. but, you've already alluded to the cognitive dissonance surrounding the strada bianca - i'd argue that if a strada bianca is not utilizing all of its capability as a country bike (i.e. fitting fat tires, sporting fenders and carrying a load of sorts), then it is not a country bike. i maintain that a compact double and 28s would do just fine on rouge-roubaix - thus, my contrary opinion to the title of this thread. but, if we agree that the strada bianca is a country-bike. *period.* well, then my friend's IF Ti Club Racer is every bit the country bike that my other friend's AHH is. we ride the same dirt roads, carry the same loads, we all have fenders, etc. and there are many, many other "country bikes" out there that we've just been . ... well, not recognizing as country bikes. > Well, being in a race means everybody but one person is a loser. > Period. And in every class but the top professionals, EVERYONE is a > loser, because none of the amateurs is as good as the pros, so they're > all losers; and most of the pros are losers too: fit to carry a water > bottle and break the wind for the champions and not much else, "pack > fodder". You could take all the genuine "winners" and fit them > comfortably inside a typical 7-11 store. so the riders not inside of the 7-11 should resign themselves to the fact that they are destined to be losers and disregard any competitive advantage because they're pack fodder? i disagree. i'm with nietzsche on this one - losing and suffering aren't necessarily bad things, especially in competition. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
