Yes - why would anyone want only one bike? They're wonderful! When I think of my bicycles, I think of purpose: camping/touring; fast road riding; long distance; commuting/grocery-getting child hauler; off-road/knobbies; single-speeding... I suppose my Quickbeam can do all those things. That's a credit to the QB design! But why not have something special and dialed-in for each? Bicycles, even the priciest ones, provide a great amount of joy for your money (especially considering the price and maintenance of motor vehicles). So, why not have a few (even a few all-rounders!) and enjoy all the little differences?
And I'll always have my Raleigh 3-speed, because it was my those bikes are my first true love (of bicycles, that is). I don't include that in my count. With the Jack Browns on my Romulus, though, I give it sinister glances every now and then - but I just remind myself I can put on 25s or 28s to justify its presence hanging in my closet when not on the road. Esteban San Diego, Calif. On Sep 8, 10:45 am, Gino Zahnd <ginoza...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 3:49 PM, cm<chrispmur...@hotmail.com> wrote: > >The issue is whether or not the cyclist is happy with that level of > >performance. > > Exactly. For me, racing cyclocross on a touring bike, or doing an epic > technical mountain ride in the Sierras on an "AR" bike isn't > acceptable. I could get through those types of rides on an ill-suited > bike, but it wouldn't be nearly as fun. > > I have-and-ride five bicycles, all with a specific purpose (plus one > in the oven). They all get ridden every single week, with the > exception of my singlespeed CX bike, which gets ridden a couple times > a month until cyclocross season. Then it gets ridden a ton, and my MTB > doesn't get ridden much in winter. I've had the same number of bikes > for the past ten years or so... the bikes change, but that number > doesn't. And even the bikes have started hanging around over the past > few years. > > If I had to only have one bike, it'd be a lightweight 700c cyclocross > bike with rack/fender mounts. But luckily I don't have to. :-) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
