I think I'm in the camp with Mike S. If it provides more tire options it's a wonderful thing! As far as the race thing goes...I read a thing from our very own Patrick ( Paraphrasing here) that he enjoys watching the BORAF and others but has no desire to actually race or dress like a racer, which I totally agree with. Racing has created some interesting technical develpoments that trickle down some good, some questionable.
And yes Chris the smile disarms all those wondering about the upright comfortable bike. Quick anecdotal, while still riding Carbon I was in my LBS in Pasadena and I was looking at all the bikes (I was aware of Rivendell but figured they were out of my league) in the store and one of the managers approached me and asked if I need help? I asked him if ever they planed on bringing in any steel lugged bicycles with good tire clearances, he looked at me with such disdain ad said something to the effect that that's not their market and figure it never will be...I was floored by his arrogance. Soon after that I sold my Crapon bike and started the process of buying a Rivendell. Thank God Grant went contrary to the trends of the day. ~Hugh On Wednesday, October 9, 2013 10:33:50 AM UTC-7, ayjaydee wrote: > > What are your thoughts on this sudden "discovery" of the pleasures of > off-pavement riding by the gravel specific bike manufacturers. It seems to > me that they feel they have invented a whole new form of bicycle activity. > -- 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.
