I returned to biking as a young adult and could not understand why I didn't like it as much. I had a "high-end" road bike and the kit (lycra with pads in all the right places). I dreaded the long rides but was happy I made it when it was over. Then I read "Just Ride" by Grant and the light came on! Now I ride for fun or to get to work or to go to the library, etc. I wear the same clothes that I walk around in daily. Thanks to Riv and Grant to allowing me to see biking as I did as a kid.
8, 9, 10, 11 speed shifting...when is enough, enough? I was a technology chaser for a time but now I just want to ride. Not to say there aren't good advancements but that the yearly next big thing is the phantom menace at times. Doug On Wednesday, December 6, 2017 at 1:09:31 PM UTC-5, Patrick Moore wrote: > > ... Patrick Moore, who belatedly realized that "SS" means "Silver Shifter" > and not "Single Speed". > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjYoNL4g5Vg > > On Wed, Dec 6, 2017 at 11:08 AM, Patrick Moore <bert...@gmail.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Grant said: "The SS project started out a dumb lark in the early 2000s, >> and has been tremendously successful. Not financially, but from the point >> of view that lots of riders have been given the chance to learn friction >> shifting, and if no SILVER, no chance. That's not important in the big >> picture, but to me, personally, it is huge. I'm really proud of it, not in >> an outward chest-thump way or a smug way, but in an inward way." >> >> That (in a general sense) is why Rivendell is worth keeping around -- so >> to speak. One gets so effing tired of hearing of "resource optimization" >> and "cost efficiencies" and "marketing focus strategies" and "product >> portfolio optimization". Puke, puke, puke. Make something because it's good >> and fun and useful! >> >> When will we hear geom specs for the SS? Will it plane? Will it work with >> my AM hub? How fat a tire? >> >> Patrick Moore, not going to buy a Roadini after all, but who knows about >> the SS, who still thinks the old Bar Con is the one to beat. >> > > > > -- > Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. > By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. > Other professional writing services. > http://www.resumespecialties.com/ > www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, New Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique > ************************************************************************** > ************** > *Auditis an me ludit amabilis insania?* > -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
