on 7/23/09 9:24 AM, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery at [email protected] wrote:
> > A fun idea, but why suggest it on the RBW group? I ask not to accuse > the OP of being OT, but to raise a broader philosophical issue. RBW > tends to focus on non-racing bicycles and equipment with "all-rounder" > versatility being the foremost consideration, and aside from being > lugged steel (for cosmetics and durability and market > differentiation), current RBW designs have little in common with > racing bikes from the past. Rather than some sort of nostalgic > throwback, I tend to think of my Riv and Riv-ish bikes as thoroughly > modern and uncompromising for the kinds of multi-use riding I like to > do. I don't see many parallels between, say, my Atlantis and any bike > that was even remotely racy from the 1970s. Well put Jim! On my Saturday loop, I bumped into a friend (and former employee) who I hadn't seen in about 10 years. He was riding with the sweaty-fast group, but we all ended up at the Marshall store at the same time. I had to thread my Hilsen in between their uniformally purchased-in-the-last-3-year-from-racy-shops rigs so I could park it. He said, "Nice bike!" then paused a second while focusing more on the details and said, "Old school!" (not a slag - he was actually appreciating it). I quoted one of my favorite GP maxims - "Not 'old shool' - 'proven'..." which had some murmurs of agreement from the other folks in his group. - Jim -- Jim Edgar [email protected] Cyclofiend Bicycle Photo Galleries - http://www.cyclofiend.com Current Classics - Cross Bikes Singlespeed - Working Bikes Send In Your Photos! - Here's how: http://www.cyclofiend.com/guidelines "That which is overdesigned, too highly specific, anticipates outcome; the anticipation of outcome guarantees, if not failure, the absence of grace." William Gibson - "All Tomorrow's Parties" --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
