On Mon, 2012-08-06 at 11:00 -0700, Jim Cloud wrote: > Richard Sachs once characterized the modern > infatuation with the French Constructeur era bike, as the end-point of > touring bike design, as being in the vein of Civil War enactors.
Yes, that's very amusing, but one should also notice that as one of the best known builders of steel racing bikes, which have not been seen in the pro peloton for many years now, and which will certainly never be seen there again, he himself could be described as engaging in or fostering Civil War Re-enactment. > He also made the point that most of the riders in the top finishing > group of classic brevets, such as the P-B-P are not riding bikes that > evoke the Rene Herse or Alex Singer randonneur bikes of the past - > they're riding modern carbon fiber frame bikes. He also seems to be unaware that PBP is not a race. -- 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.
