I’m a strong advocate of just enjoy the ride and the more people I see getting out on their bikes the better as good Ol’Mother Earth needs all the help we can give her.
Here in Boston, there is a dramatic difference in the number of people I know see out and about on bikes compared to a decade ago, and the decade before that. All good. That being said, I’m a tried and true “roadie” that use to race in my home state of Colorado and more recently here in New England area and have always ridden drop bar bikes. I’m on the hoods a good part of most rides but I also have about an 11-12cm drop from saddle to top of bars, so yes, it is lower and I find more efficient for that type of riding. Am downshifting to a certain degree with an Atlantis that will likely have Tosco bars. This will be for a different style of riding, more touring and stopping to smell the roses. But I’ll be keeping those road bikes as well as sometimes I just love the feel and handling of them. All bikes and bike configurations are good as long as they get ridden and not collecting dust. 😁 > On Jul 26, 2022, at 3:46 PM, Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! > <jonasandle...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Well, of course everyone should ride what they prefer to ride. Just Ride, > and all that jazz, and love your bike and stuff. > > I think what Marc is saying is that it just seems ironic. We both feel it is > our handlebars that make the roadies look askance at us. Something about > swept-back bars says “not serious” to the other riders in a club ride. But > truthfully, they are sitting upright on the tops of their drop bars about as > tall as I am, so is there really a huge difference? > > I mean, it’s a fair question… > >> On Tuesday, July 26, 2022 at 7:29:03 AM UTC-4 Marc Irwin wrote: >> It was a normal Monday night ride with the Kalamazoo Bicycle Club. A >> typical group was riding 15-16 MPH for 25 or so miles. A good bunch of >> people in biking regalia on their over the counter crotch rockets with drop >> bars, except for me and Leah Peterson on our Rivendells. with upright bars. >> In the lousy cell phone shot I took from the back of the group, Leah is >> the second white helmet from from the front left. Notice her posture >> compared to the body position of all the riders on their drop bars. >> >> It was that way the whole ride. Most club riders assume their drop bars make >> them faster, after all, EVERYBODY uses them right? >> >> Marc > > -- > 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/adefd1d3-9266-4ce4-962f-915237f4de5en%40googlegroups.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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/3F4EB2A5-6322-4293-9E43-C7DFE43DAADA%40chilmarkresearch.com.
