"Performance" is in the mind of rider. For me, my way-over-30 lb Atlantis (I'd weigh it but I'm too lazy to drag the scale downstairs) performs just fine for what I'm doing.
Funny story: did a "tour" recently (totally cush affair: lodging, luggage transported, etc) where riders on typical MCRBs complained about poor road surfaces, steep hills, sore hands, stiff necks, etc. Most of the group was "of a certain age (or older)" with the disposable income to buy whatever bike they desire. My trusty Atlantis with 40 mm tires dealt nicely with the conditions, and I even bagged a few bonus hills that stumped the compact double crew. They teased me about my rack but were looking at my reflector disappear up the hill. Never forget: The older you get, the faster you were... dougP On Jun 28, 8:18 am, RJM <crccpadu...@gmail.com> wrote: > Ah, performance, such a weird thing to call a bicycle, especially when any > performance is directly attributed to the person and not the equipment. > > I know when I ride my bike I have a fun time and come away without needing > to take the next couple of days off due to back, neck, wrist ache, that is > about all the performance I can handle. > > > > On Thursday, June 28, 2012 10:07:23 AM UTC-5, James Warren wrote: > > Grant writes a book to promote something to counteract a prevailing > > mentality. The reviewer's review itself has one sentence that shows how > > pervasive that mentality is. The reviewer generally responds positively to > > Grant's book and offers the following as constructive criticism: mentioning > > a couple of Grant's points with which he disagrees, the reviewer writes, "I > > also think the notion of a 31-pound “performance” road bike (that’s how > > much his personal bike weighs) is ridiculous." > > > This tells me that the reviewer has not really gotten the point. I know > > the word "performance" is in quotes, so I'm not sure how he is defining > > performance. But the phrase "road bike" is not in quotes. The reviewer > > adheres to the idea that one's road ride can be only be high-performance > > when lightness and acceleration are the highest goals. Elsewhere in the > > article, the reviewer says that cycling should be much more. But he himself > > can't allow the thing called "road riding" to incorporate cycling's other > > joys. That's a bummer. > > > -Jim W. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Steven Frederick > > Sent: Jun 28, 2012 4:38 AM > > To: "rbw-owners-bun." > > Subject: [RBW] Review of "Just Ride." > > > From none other than BIKE magazine, one of the best mtb mags. out there... > > >http://www.bikemag.com/news/reviewed-just-ride/ > > > Steve > > > -- > > 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.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- 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.
