In modern parlance, Grant follows his bliss. He followed his bliss and built bikes sized to fit people and have handlebars at or above saddle height. This is now common in the industry. He followed his bliss and built bikes for country riding. Tires industry wide became wider. It took a while, but the “country bike” category eventually became gravel, then allroad. He followed his bliss and built bikes for the dead and gone tire size 650b. 650b (aka 27.5) is now ubiquitous in the industry. He has a bit of a track record of doing things that the industry catches up with, often usurps.
Will that happen with the Hillybike phenom that started the amazing movement to get out into the wilds and experience and love nature rather than dominate her? Will companies like Surly decide to do the same type of geometry but less well, more affordable? Will rim brakes and wider rims that work with them make a resurgence? Will people realize that the joy of riding in the wilds is not in the time it takes between a and b, but the time between a and b? Time will tell. I’m in. My Boots (to be christened Beorn), ships sometime next week. This is the riding I already do, and Gus Boots Willsen looks to be a bike that does it better yet. Purposly built to be an AllWays bike (not limited to roads, like allroad bikes are) that can handle bikepacking with aplumb and have a happy, comfortable engine the entire time. With abandon, Patrick www.MindYourHeadCoop.org www.CatholicHalos.org www.DeaconPatrick.org -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
