maybe they broke their ankles or something On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 8:33 PM, cyclotourist <cyclotour...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Did it just become February all of a sudden? > > > On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 7:02 PM, Earl Grey <earlg...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> >> On Aug 19, 3:47 am, bfd <bfd...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> > On Aug 18, 1:10 pm, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote: >> > >> > But, as Patrick stated if it gets someone out on a bike than what's >> > not to like?! >> >> I am not sure it's all that fabulous getting a person on a bike that >> cannot serve as functional transportation (functional meaning even >> when it rains or it's dark or you need to carry stuff), especially if >> it reinforces the perception (in his/her mind, and in folks watching >> him/her zip down the road) that a bike is nothing more than an >> expensive toy for a rich person's sport, who is frivolously taking >> road space away from people who *need* to go somewhere in their cars. >> Maybe that road racer will eventually realize that a bike can be used >> for transportation, and will go out of his/her way (as s/he must >> today) to find a bike that fulfills those needs. But unfortunately I >> think it is equally likely that the limitations of the bike they own >> (and the bikes they see on the road) will lead them to believe that >> all bikes are toys. >> >> Granted, I see little problem with having a few racing bikes on the >> road. But when that is the vast majority of the road bikes out there, >> and the vast majority of the road bikes in the shops, then not only is >> bicycling the poorer for it, but we as a society are. >> >> Imagine for a moment that the car industry offered us nothing but >> trunk- and top-less Formula 1 cars (racing bikes), military spec >> Hummers (mtn bikes) oh, and a few Yugos (today's standard hybrids) and >> a few Jeep Wranglers (low-end mountain bikes). A ludicrous proposition >> (though sensible cars *are* few and far between), yet that is what the >> mainstream bike industry looks like today. >> >> So, thanks, Grant and everyone who is dedicated to showing there is an >> alternative. >> >> Gernot >> >> >> The bad thing is that because racing style bikes are so >> > prevalent, they dominate the market and make it harder for good, >> > reliable equipment to be available at a reasonable price. The big >> > example of that is Mavic removing its MA2 rim from the market. >> > Arguably one of the best clincher rims ever made. >> > >> > Similarly, back in 2008, when I was building up my steel cross/ >> > commuter bike, Paul Taylor breakaway, I wanted silver parts to match >> > my black with gold paneled frameset. It may sound funny, but silver >> > parts were not that easy to find! On my own, I was able to find most >> > parts used or NOS and my LBS luckily sold Nitto bars and threadless >> > stem. Of course, this was before VO started carrying more silver >> > parts. Still, it was harder than sourcing black components which seem >> > to be abundant in all price ranges. Good Luck! >> >> -- >> 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<rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. >> >> > > > -- > Cheers, > David > Redlands, CA > > "One man's religion is another man's belly laugh." > --Robert A. Heinlein > > -- > 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<rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > -- Where did the spring go? Where did my hormones go? Where did my energy go? Where did my go go? Where did the pleasure go? Where did my hair go? -- Ray Davies -- 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.
