I agree with you and it is an attitude that becomes very apparent when you show up to a group road ride on a steel framed/racked and bagged/fat tired bike. "You think you are riding with us on that??"
On Thursday, June 28, 2012 11:33:26 AM UTC-5, James Warren wrote: > > Right. This illustrates my point. The reviewer of the article seems to > visualize cycling as this great multi-faceted thing, but the subset of it > called "road-riding" is not allowed to have a 31-pound bike. That's where I > disagree. Doug's fully satisfying ride (described below) should be called a > "road ride." > > The reviewer doesn't say, "for me, road-riding performance means lighter > weight..." He says, "the notion of a 31-pound 'performance' road bike is > ridiculous." Given his position as reviewer, that assertion is > presumptuous, trying to tell me, the reader, what road bike performance > really means. He even says that it is worthy of ridicule to attempt to > define road-riding differently with an over-30-pound bike. I'm guessing > that this presumption and the commonality of it is at least part of what > lead to "Just Ride." > > -Jim W. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/bV0gMI1jNcIJ. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
