I was on a ride last week when two guys on bikes rolled in to the coffee place. One was on a bike with electronic shifting. Halfway through a 40-mile ride, he was stuck in the small ring because the bike’s battery was low. Granted, he said he hardly ever has to charge the bike’s batteries, but my “old-fashioned” bikes with cable-actuated shifting will never have that problem.
Disclaimer: I have plenty of electronics with me when I ride … just not shifters. If all my batteries died, my bike would still work. --Eric Norris [email protected] @CampyOnlyguy (Twitter/Instagram) > On Feb 27, 2017, at 2:59 PM, Brewster Fong <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yeah, my riding buddies all have the latest in bicycles. They're all drooling > over disc brakes and e-shifting and if you don't have either, well watch out > for all the death and destruction! > > So, I'm the guy with the "old bikes" in the group. Both of my bikes were both > used - a 94-ish Calfee carbon bike and a 90-ish Litespeed Classic. I bought > my Calfee used in 1997 and I believe its a 94 model. It is strong and I > easily expect it to last another 20 years. My litespeed was picked up a few > years ago for $400 and it is now my commuter with fenders and lights. Both > are running Campy 9 speed, although I'm considering "upgrading" the Calfee to > 11 speed as I would like to check out the Campy 3rd gen ergo levers which I > call gumby hood. > > I'm old and fat, so I really not interested in the latest. But what's > new....Good Luck! > > On Monday, February 27, 2017 at 6:36:50 AM UTC-8, Addison wrote: > I've had people assume my Riv is an "old" bike for a long time now but > yesterday when I was riding home I stopped to take a photo of the rushing > Truckee River in Reno and a gent paused to compliment me on my "beautiful old > bike." I just said thanks and didn't correct him. And then it occurred to > me that I shouldn't correct him because my Allrounder is going on 18 years of > age. Many miles but it looks sharp...I've taken care of it through commutes > and offroading and tours. Anyway, just ruminating...and posting a couple > pics. Happy Monday! > > http://reno-rambler.blogspot.com/2017/02/when-is-bike-old.html > <http://reno-rambler.blogspot.com/2017/02/when-is-bike-old.html> > Addison Wilhite, M.A. > > Academy of Arts, Careers and Technology <http://www.washoeschools.net/aact> > > “Blazing the Trail to College and Career Success” > > Educator: Professional Portfolio <http://renorambler.wix.com/portfolio> > Blogger: Reno Rambler <http://reno-rambler.blogspot.com/> > > > > > > -- > 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] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch > <https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- 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.
