Well, I don't know if 'cool' or 'hip' really enters into it, but I think I get your drift. Certainly, there is something to be said about gliding through a forest quietly and being able to sneak up on unsuspecting pedestrians. While it makes for fine hyperbole, your equivalency with the Harley falls short in that your bicycle will never be as annoying or as carbon-spewing.
I, for one, like the sound of pawls and ratchets playing nicely. The sound reminds me of why I like bicycles so much- their beautiful, mechanical nature. I can make my hubs quiet by the simple, graceful motion of pedaling or I can let them sing, 'I am a mechanical, steel being, and happy to be so!' I certainly don't wish to piss off my neighbors or other riders, but I am of the mind that if someone is pissed off because I'm riding a bicycle, then it's their perspective that is the issue and not my spinning wheels. That you are riding a bicycle is cool and hip, and this trumps (gosh, I hate using what used to be such a wonderful word) all else. FWIW, John On Thursday, February 10, 2022 at 12:58:17 PM UTC+9 Joe Bernard wrote: > Just back from a ride on my fancy schmancy custom with its fancy schmancy > White Industries hubs. Why did I think that loud freewheeling buzz was the > cool jam?? I feel like I'm on a Harley with straight pipes pissing all the > neighbors off! What's the verdict around here, are buzzy hubs hip and cool > and I'm a grouchy old anti-hip and cool person? > > Joe "uncool as always" Bernard > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/5855a247-abc7-4db5-85d5-4c879fbf1ff2n%40googlegroups.com.
