A guy who rides with our Tuesday evening group comes with his bike in his decrepit old hatchback, but his other car is a Lotus Elise, which is funny to me. It is the auto equivalent of the ultra-llight weight racing bike for smooth pavement only, no ability to carry a bike or luggage. Car Kool-Aid, but he rides a Richard Sachs CX bike with a JB paint job, subscribes to BQ and is a committed lugged steel bike guy who continues to give any bike a try that is available for a test ride. I think he has been to at least the last six or seven Cirques du Cyclism and always asks if I am available for D2R2 (not this year).
If I am more of a generalist, seeking greatest utility of my purchases, then I have a Kool-Aid smile too. And a Subaru wagon, a first year Ram with aluminum fenders, an English leather saddle and try to travel with what I can fit in and on my Nelson Long flap. Andy Cheatham Pittsburgh On Monday, September 9, 2013 9:46:00 PM UTC-4, meehan...@gmail.com wrote: > > If the person making the comment is riding an over-geared, uncomfortable, > ultra-light-weight racing bike that is of no use on anything other than > smooth pavement, with no tire clearance, no fender clearance, and no > ability to mount racks or bags, while wearing shoes that make it difficult > for them to walk, and is not actively participating in a bike race; then > who has drunk the Koolaid? > > Shaun Meehan > > > On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 7:54 PM, Eric Platt <eperic...@gmail.com<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> Around here, a short beard, grey & white, will probably get the comment - >> "so you work for Surly?" Only have had a couple of comments over the >> years on my Rivendell bikes. And they are usually by riders either on >> custom steel frames, or fixed-gear messenger types. Most "regular" >> cyclists around here have no idea or interest in Rivendell. >> >> While there are a lot of modern technology bikes around here, there are >> still a lot of riders on steel. Surly, old Trek and now All City being the >> three I most often notice. In fact, All City may be making a push to >> replace the Surly Cross Check as what I would consider the ubiquitous Twin >> Cities bicycle. >> Eric Platt >> St. Paul, MN >> >> >> On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 7:47 PM, dougP <doug...@cox.net <javascript:>>wrote: >> >>> Even a short beard wards off "those people", especially if it's grey & >>> white :-). Rear view mirror, wool socks w/sandals & they don't even have >>> to see your bike to "just know". >>> >>> dougP >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> -- >> 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-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to >> rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> >> . >> 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.
