He's coming to Austin a week from this Wednesday (thanks, Mellow Johnny's!) There will be a ride from the shop (starting at 6) before he does whatever he's going to do for us, so bring your Rivendells out so we can all be righteously mocked. I'm reading the book at the moment and one of my favorite bits is his take on the Retro Grouch. He says randonneuring is retro-grouchery in action, like nerds going to a Star Trek convention! While I love this sentiment, it's not really the case in these parts. I see lots of titanium bikes with questionable spoke counts and few others are doing it "Heine style." Anyway, it's a fun read and much of it rings true.
Jeff On Jun 8, 12:30 pm, William <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > I only read BSNYC infrequently, so perhaps he hasn't worn me out yet, > but I found his short film review today very entertaining. > > On Jun 7, 10:27 pm, Philip Williamson <philip.william...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > I had just joined the bicyclelifestyle group the day before the link > > was posted. I was not amused by the reaction. I quit that group, and > > will never go back. > > > But I will buy the BikeSnob book from Rivendell! What a great review. > > And a great blog. For the last four years, any time my wife hears me > > laughing out loud in front of the computer, she assumes I'm reading > > BikeSnob. > > > Philip > > 97128 > > > On Jun 7, 6:04 pm, Horace <max...@sdf.lonestar.org> wrote: > > > > No, you had posted that to the bicyclelifestyle group. I thought the > > > resulting outrage was amusing. Some people neither recognize nor > > > appreciate talented writing. > > > > Horace. > > > > On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 3:25 PM, MichaelH <mhech...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Say what! The first, last, and only time I left a link to Bikesnob on > > > > this site I got publicly flamed. None the less, I wish well him well. > > > > > michael > > > > > On Jun 7, 4:06 pm, manueljohnacosta <manueljohnaco...@hotmail.com> > > > > wrote: > > > >> Eben Weiss book is on sale at Rivendell! Not bad of a book, I do say > > > >> so myself. Good quick read, glad that Grant wrote a review of that > > > >> book. Interesting to say the least. Curious on anyone opinions on this > > > >> book? > > > > > -- > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > > > > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > > > For more options, visit this group > > > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
