Man now I want to try riding that Panasonic "Rodeo".
On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 4:54 PM, James Warren <jimcwar...@earthlink.net>wrote: > > I certainly don't read every post on this forum, but I haven't detected > that posters feel there is a semi-bitter philosophical divide very often. > > And changing the subject a bit, I've always detected appreciation of Surly > from Riv people. Like this: > > > http://www.rivbike.com/product-p/staff13.htm > > > > > On Dec 10, 2013, at 4:15 PM, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery wrote: > > It's probably best to take the Racing Sucks patch as tongue-in-cheek. If > you're offended by it, chalk it up to seasonal blues. > > On the surface, Rivendell and Surly are on the same team, promoting > smartly-designed steel bikes in a world where smartly-designed steel bikes > aren't always popular. Both have brought some good ideas and products to > the table. Both have a persona that reflect the personalities who run the > respective companies. RBW plays the wholesome country bumpkin persona (with > a generous helping of evocative nostalgia), while Surly plays up to the > irreverent beer drinker but brilliant engineer persona. I've met Grant and > I'm on friendly terms with several Surly characters. All good people. I bet > they agree a lot more than they disagree, about bikes anyway. I've always > found it humorous but weird that so many RBW devotees feel that there is a > rivalry or semi-bitter philosophical divide between the two companies. It > comes up again and again on this forum. > > > On Tuesday, December 10, 2013 5:04:06 PM UTC-6, hsmitham wrote: >> >> What Allen said it's "Generational"...but after reading Mr. Blanstons >> Bludgeon, excuse me Blog I thought what's the point? Duh marketing...hey I >> like what Surly does but this is just a ploy to sell bikes it's called >> "Branding" and using psychology understood and promulgated by Mr. Freud and >> implemented by Madison Ave for ever. And yes Rivendell uses "Unracer" to >> the same means they just do it nicer. What I find amusing about Surly is >> that they use anger against the racer establishment but also promote racing >> on a Surly in the same breath now that's frigging smart. Me personally I >> won't be buying this patch anytime soon really don't need to piss off >> anymore people on the road, now if there was a "Cars Suck" patch I might be >> coerced to wear that uhmmmm maybe not I want to live to ride another >> day. >> >> ~Hugh "Unracer" Smitham >> >> On Tuesday, December 10, 2013 7:36:41 AM UTC-8, iamkeith wrote: >>> >>> Thought many of you fellow un-racers might appreciate this as much as I >>> do: >>> >>> http://surlybikes.com/blog/post/racing_sucks >>> >> > -- > 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. > > > James Warren > jimcwar...@earthlink.net > > - 700x55 > > > > > > -- > 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. > -- "I want the kind of six pack you can't drink." -- Micah -- 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.
