Yes, it's disappointing that the author didn't make that more clear. I interpreted Ron Mc's "it's just the whole gruppo thing" to be a regretful observation that many roadies are "complete-ists" and wouldn't think of mixing and matching parts from other groups (let alone other manufacturers). Aka, it's too bad that they've bought into narrow-minded, race-oriented design and marketing in component groups. Bicycling magazine has reinforced this narrow-minded perspective, and I believe that's why Paul G thought this article was remarkable.
The author could have done those narrow-minded roadies a service by saying, "If you want SRAM or Campagnolo long-reach brakes, you're out of luck. But, you can easily use any of the other brakes highlighted in this article with your SRAM or Campagnolo brake levers or brifters." On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 11:56 AM, Mark Reimer <[email protected]> wrote: > Yeah, but brakes are the exception to that. You can run long reach brakes > with pretty much any brand of road levers. So if anything, the author's > comment seems quite misleading to me. The way it's written suggests that if > you have Campy/SRAM you're out of luck to run long reach brakes. Which is > obviously not true. > > On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 10:28 AM, Patrick Moore <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Perhaps Ron means that the "gruppo" thing (or, if you prefer, "groupo") >> now more than before locks you in to one manufacturer's thrall, what with >> the much greater precision required to shift 11 speeds, pre-attached bb >> spindles, and the like. >> >> Me, I *do* like groups, at least old ones (SunTour Superbe Pro! Shimano >> 600! Dura Ace 7410! All but 7100 brake calipers!) for aesthetic reasons, >> tho' none of my bikes is full anything. >> >> On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 5:59 AM, Scott Henry <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> "it's just the whole gruppo thing" >>> >>> That's even more confusing to me. It's bad when things are designed to >>> work well together? This seems to be a particularly strange part of the >>> cycling world. >>> >>> >>> On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 4:48 PM, Ron Mc <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> it's just the whole gruppo thing >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
