What I enjoy about Grant's writing, is that even when I don't agree, it is always fun to read. -JimD
On Jun 29, 2012, at 8:01 PM, grant wrote: > I am generally relieved that the book hasn't been panned more and worse. An > old friend didn't like it on Amazon, and that hurt me deeply, but I'm trying > to get over that, and that hurt has been more than all balmed-up by the > generally positive response here and other places. > I'm always described as polarizing or divisive, which is a funny thing to > read. In print, even here, I tend to not dance around points I'm trying to > make, and I don't qualify things with IMHO or whatever. But most of the book > IS opinion, and I hope nobody thinks it's all-or-nothing. I DO believe it > all, but I don't expect 100 percent compliance or agreement or anything. Some > of my best friends ride clipless and dress in spandex and grind away long > long miles, and they're no fools. I do fear for the ones who ride carbon > forks, though---and maybe carbon has gotten better, but snapping is still > common, and the nature of the failures has not changed. > Anyway.......I really hope I don't offend anybody with my opinions. I think > there has been and is an unhelpful emphasis on racer-like riding as a goal > for us all---the idea that we suffer and get stronger and leaner in payment > for the the suffering, and that we have so much to learn from racers. I > really do think all that is bs. But anyway....there's no Kool-Aid to drink > here. Just stuff to consider, whatever, and reject whenever rejection seems > the way to go. Over and out on that, but thank you all for however much > you've liked the book. > > -- > 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/-/fuiitSArm0gJ. > 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. -- 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.
