On Sunday, September 30, 2012 6:14:57 PM UTC-7, Robert Barr wrote: > > Jim, I am curious about the age of the woman who commented on your bike. I > had a strikingly different comment last week at my local coffee shop (I > detect some similar tendencies with this group). For the second time in > about two weeks I was complimented on my "new style" commuting bike. My new > style bike is a 1993 MB3, with Alba bars, Brooks saddle, and Nitto racks > front and back. A large Wald basket sits on the back. The girl that > commented on my bike said she likes the look of the new commuting bikes and > was hoping to buy a Surly. She said her father and his friends like to ride > old racing bikes and wear funny bike outfits (her words!). The week before > a student made a similar comment, and asked were he could buy a bike like > mine because he wants to ride to work and old style bikes aren't good for > that (again - his words). It all depends on what you remember. The girl at > the coffee shop was probably the same age as my bike, and I am sure she has > never seen English roadster. I think I know who her father is, and if I am > correct he rides a very new Trek Madone. We will see what they say about my > new Hunqapillar, it should be at the coffee shop next week. Bob > > Just today on a ride to a coffee cafe (yeah that must be a theme with this group) that is on the local university campus, I saw massive bike parking areas with one hundred or more bikes in each area. Lovely! What I noticed, though, was that more than 95% were city/hybrid/cruiser/mountain bikes. I had to look really close to find a couple of drop-bar bikes in a group of 100. I love having been around long enough to see things "cycle" 'round and 'round through the decades. Makes me think that I'm actually learning something about how the world works. Reid
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