Joel/Jeremy I can appreciate where you're coming from. I guess I just don't see anything offensive about what the author wrote, especially given the intended audience. It's easy to pick nits when you're super knowledgeable about bicycles (as I'm sure you both are!) and use them - rely on them - for more than racing (as I'm sure you both do!).
I had a racerboy co-worker tell me that I ruined a perfectly good vintage racer (a 531 t.i. team raleigh) by doing a 650b conversion, fitting 35mm tires, mounting fenders, etc. I told him that I'll ride this bicycle more in the next year than it's probably been ridden in the last 30 some years combined. and that I'll still kick your a$$ on a club ride if you want me too. and that I'll go ride single-track after i'm done kicking your a$$. and that I'll throw a big dinner in my saddlebag on my way home because I'm going to be tired from kicking your a$$ and riding single track all afternoon. point is, if one can't see the utility in a bicycle beyond racing, it's his/her problem. different strokes. takes all kinds. whatever. life's too short to fuss over such things. anyway, just to play devil's advocate, does anyone feel that BQ panders a bit, or is a tad biased, or is dismissive of certain bicycles and bicycle equipment? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
