On Friday, July 22, 2011, Michael Hechmer <mhech...@gmail.com> wrote: > Two contradictory pieces of learned wisdom about this. > First, the ego wants wanting more than it wants having. So, as soon as we > satisfy a want, the ego > move on to wanting something else. If that weren't true our consumer driven > economy would pretty > much collapse. Three months after getting a new Riv road bike the owner will > read in fantastic > custom bike review in Bicycle Quarterly and the ego will start wanting again.
I'll admit that I was worried about this when I ordered my Mariposa. I had never really been satisfied with a bike, I was always lusting after the next one within months of getting my new one. Not this time. I can honestly say that in the 7 years since I got the Mariposa I haven't lusted after a new bike (other than a tandem - but that's a different category.) The reason is simple: I can't imagine what a different bike would do better for any use to which I would want to put it. This was a revelation! To bring this back on thread, I was actually considering an Atlantis when I got the Mariposa but the super wide chainstay spacing meant that I wouldn't have the gearing options that I was interested in trying and the bottom bracket was higher than I needed. It wasn't until after I got the Mariposa that Jan started writing about lower trail designs and how they affected handling with a front load, but Mike Barry already knew it and the Mariposa (which was designed for the handlebar bag it always sports) combines low/medium trail with a very low bb and a shallow seat tube to incredibly good effect. -Ken -- 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-bunch@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.
