My favorite "suggestion" was from a bloke looking at my Quickbeam. He suggested I would be faster if I switched to clipless pedals. I pointed out that I would be even faster with derailers.
On 9/7/13, Bruce Herbitter <bruce.herbit...@gmail.com> wrote: > Finished up a small group ride today. I was 2d into the finish, behind a > "normal" kit on a Specialized. Had another Specialized behind me then a > Scott, all in spandex with micro tool bags. I was on a Ram with 37mm tires, > an Out Your Backdoor 6 way saddle bag and a frame pump. Patagonia hiking > shoes on flat MKS Sylvan pedals. As we came in two cyclists stopped there > for a water break said hi. One on a Lemond Team carbon and one on a Moots > Ti race bike. The Moots-ter clapped me on the shoulder to greet me, then > did it again. "This is really wool, isn't it? " (RBW by Woolistic from some > years back). 'Yes.so are the shorts and socks." "let me do that again!" > (again the shoulder touch). > > > On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 3:33 PM, Corwin Booth <corwin.bo...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> I was trying to think of some clever reference to the Electric Kool Aid >> Acid Test, but failed. >> >> Probably the *only* think I don't like about riding my Hilsen are the >> occasional snarky comments about having imbibed in the Petersen Kool Aid. >> Never mind that everyone knows that we drink miruvor, or that I just >> happen >> to agree with riding with normal shoes, fenders, the "largest saddlebag >> I've ever seen!" (that was another comment, not uttered in an entirely >> friendly way), after years of experience... >> >> So I really want to respond by saying something about how this person or >> that drank the clipless Kool Aid, or the skinny tire Kool Aid, or the >> plastic saddle Kool Aid, and certainly the Karbon Kool Aid. But I never >> do. >> >> I'll bet other folks on this list have experienced this phenomenon... >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- Cheers, David "it isn't a contest. Just enjoy the ride." - Seth Vidal -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
