On Thursday, October 6, 2016 at 1:39:23 PM UTC-7, Patrick Moore wrote: > > OHO. Oh, no. No no no no; no old mountain bikes; this is very, very > strictly Old School Roadie: no clipless, no aero levers, and I think that > shifting is limited to dt and bar ends. Wool and leather and steel highly > preferred. Approved bikes date from the early 20th century thru the '70s, > IIRC. > > I must admit having a large sentimental and aesthetic fondness for > "classic" road race bikes -- say, 50s thru very early 80 (I started earning > my cycling chops about the time Eddy went Pro, and I once built a bike with > a real Cyclo Benelux rd; but even I feel constrained by the Eroica rubric. > > But I'd love to ride one; would have to replace the aero levers and pedals > on one of the Rivs, though. >
Well they did make one exception at this year's Eroica California by allowing ANDY HAMPSTEN to ride the bike he used to win the Giro in 1988, his 7-11 *Huffy* bike, which has both aero levers and clipless pedals: https://www.flickr.com/photos/46195580@N03/26378658655 https://www.flickr.com/photos/46195580@N03/25776015083/ So, they do make some exceptions...;) Good Luck! > > On Thu, Oct 6, 2016 at 1:00 PM, 'Chris Lampe 2' via RBW Owners Bunch < > [email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: > >> I had to look up Eroica. Sounds like a fun scene. Especially if they >> include 80's MTB's! >> >> >> >> -- 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.
