I just finished building an Appaloosa-my first Riv and my first build. I took my time and really enjoyed the project. I have only ridden once, below zero windchills and icey roads now, but found it very rewarding to ride a bike I put together and understand how it works. I find the beauty in the aesthetic and the experience. All bikes are cool, but as I get older I am drawn to function and simplicity. Instead of carrying a large camera system, I now carry a Fuji and a couple of lenses. Instead of owning six fly rods and carrying 50+ different fly patterns, I have two trout rods and carry a handful of proven flies, some tippet and a leader or two. For me, simplifying my equipment deepens my experience in all areas. I do like the ideals and aesthetics of the Rough Stuff Fellowship, but I prefer to actually ride my bike and not break things or come home bleeding! I hope to contribute something to this forum now that I am actually a Riv owner; I have learned a lot through this forum.
On Saturday, February 12, 2022 at 8:24:10 AM UTC-6 philipr...@gmail.com wrote: > This is a great conversation and reminds me of a maxim in my industry; > "some people buy equipment so they can make music, others make music so > they can buy equipment." Neither are wrong, both achieve satisfaction from > their chosen path but the approaches are polar opposites. > > What does worry me is that bicycling is going the way of the HiFi industry > where "anoraks" who insist that you can't have good sound without $500 > cables have destroyed the middle ground for equipment and denied many the > experience of quality home listening. You now have the high-end, high-$$ > market & box systems from Costco with almost nothing between them. > > If the bicycle industry continues to "innovate" to the point where the > technology and price point drives away the more casual rider they will find > themselves in the same position; selling expensive bikes to a stagnant > market with the rest of the riding population buying from the big box > stores. > > On Saturday, February 12, 2022 at 12:47:53 AM UTC-6 divis...@gmail.com > wrote: > >> More specifically, "bloody bike anorak"; BBA for short. >> >> Peter "the backdoor invasion of CR nomenclature" Adler >> Berkeley, CA/USA >> >> On Friday, February 11, 2022 at 10:37:20 AM UTC-8 Patrick Moore wrote: >> >>> The technical term is "anorak." >>> >>> Patrick Moore, who gets a kick out of old fashioned Brit slang. >>> >>> On Fri, Feb 11, 2022 at 11:12 AM Ben Adrian <bunny...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> ... nerds ... >>> >>> -- 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/96715bea-f2d0-43fd-8277-9beb9656e496n%40googlegroups.com.
