Thanks for sharing this, Max. It's always good to be reminded of the reasons that n-1 > n+1.
The quote, "They typically rode steel, straight top tube bikes, wore natural fibers, and emanated a sense of joy" reminds me of our thread from March 2008 <https://groups.google.com/u/2/g/rbw-owners-bunch/c/rbUCaFLn47M/m/_NR0iRsdLn0J> about the tweed dot cc folks (their website is still up!). Omitting Riv/Grant is a journalistic oversight, but Mr. Morales is 29, so we need to give him time to catch up on the 40-45 Riv Readers that discuss such topics. Or perhaps he should have known? (He interviewed <https://bikepacking.com/plog/philly-bike-expo-2025-part-1/> Will Keating at the Philly Bike Expo and reported <https://bikepacking.com/bikes/bikes-of-bike-camp-2025/> on other all-roadish Rivs in 2025). If I may push back slightly against Mr. Morales's thesis: I *needed* a 2004 62cm Rambouillet and a 2006 62cm Quickbeam, even if they had essentially the same geometry and tires, and even if one of the Ram's 27 gear combinations was identical to the QB's. Alas, one can only stash so many bikes in apartment building stairwells. Will in NYC On Tuesday, August 12, 2025 at 10:14:44 PM UTC-4 maxcr wrote: > I enjoyed the article, it made me wonder if n+1 makes sense or is it just > the result of the progression of bike marketing. I don’t know, sometimes Im > happy at at N=8, while pondering a bike purchase on FB marketplace or eBay, > and sometimes I want to go to N=1 or 2 max and call it a day because I feel > the wastefulness of a basement with 6-7 bikes that aren’t ridden often > enough. > > Also, I found it surprising that Riv and/or Grant weren’t mentioned. > > Max > > [image: has-marketing-ruined-bikes_share1.jpg] > > Has Marketing Ruined Bikes? > <https://bikepacking.com/plog/has-marketing-ruined-bikes/> > bikepacking.com <https://bikepacking.com/plog/has-marketing-ruined-bikes/> > <https://bikepacking.com/plog/has-marketing-ruined-bikes/> > -- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/2281c2e7-d962-452c-8859-d908d2987522n%40googlegroups.com.
