I too have actual, serious friends who have carbon bikes. They tease me about making sure I position my Atlantis properly at traffic lights to activate the sensor and I get back at them whenever they need help carrying a jacket. We're a mature group & it's all good fun. One of the many beauties of cycling is the variety of characters and equipment one encounters. They're all just people on bikes, having a ride.
dougP On Oct 18, 3:47 pm, Anne Paulson <anne.paul...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 10:32 AM, bfd <bfd...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Whoa, what's up with the carbon bashing. Have you ever consider that > > most carbon bikes don't have room for fenders and that is probably the > > reason your "friends" don't ride in the rain! > > I don't know why the scare quotes around the word "friends." These > people are my actual friends, not my quote-unquote friends. And > nothing forced them to buy bikes that don't have room for fenders. > They chose to buy those bikes, when other bikes were also available. > > They chose to value lightness over everything else, which gives them > the benefit of being able to climb faster but has the disadvantage > that they can't mount 28 mm tires and fenders. So on a bright sunny > day, on good pavement, they have fast bikes, but on even slightly > bumpy pavement they get a rough ride on those rock-hard 23mm tires, > and if the roads are a bit wet, the rock-hard 23mm tires might be > slippery. > > We have a lot of sunny days and a lot of smooth pavement, so riders > who are willing to only ride in those conditions can nevertheless get > a good bit of riding in. > > -- > -- Anne Paulson > > My hovercraft is full of eels -- 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.
