Interestingly, the guy I mentioned who expressed surprise that I'd call my Cross-check a road bike actually owns a Riv custom.
On Thursday, June 28, 2012 8:23:56 PM UTC-5, dougP wrote: > > "I referred to it as my road bike on a recent group ride, and one of > my more category-oriented companions incredulously asked, "you call > THAT a road bike?" > > Yea, to a lot of the biking world, we pose a dilemma by not fitting > neatly into a box. More than once I've encountered MTBers on simple > jeep or hiking trails, nothing particularly technical or challenging, > and they ask "what are you doing out here on THAT?" Heck, these are > just roads that aren't paved, not ski runs or goat tracks; the > Atlantis is perfectly happy. > > We are apparently mis-understood. I for one can live with that. > > dougP > > On Jun 28, 10:41 am, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery > <thill....@gmail.com> wrote: > > This is why using a handful of narrowly defined marketing categories to > > describe bikes is preposterous. Among a lot of cyclists, it's either > > "mountain" or "road" (insert the word "performance" anywhere you like), > > unless it's a "hybrid" or a "cruiser" that only a nerdy old lady would > > ride. My fastest bike is a Cross-check that has drop bars and 40 mm > tires > > and weighs at least 30 lbs. I referred to it as my road bike on a recent > > group ride, and one of my more category-oriented companions > incredulously > > asked, "you call THAT a road bike?" I asked him what else he'd call it, > but > > he was at a loss to find the appropriate pigeonhole. Country Bike is a > neat > > concept, and one with which most of my bikes closely identify, but > nobody > > outside the Riv Bubble knows the term. > > > > > > > > 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/SokkyKbEQr0J. 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.
