It's rather sad that so many new (ie, who came to the sport only post late-'80s) cyclists will never know the mixed blessings of dt shifters, friction shifting, clips 'n' straps 'n' slotted cleats. Of course, there was all sorts of cycling bullshite way back even before I started -- ankling; "tired" frames; no socks because that interfered with the exquisitely perfect fit of the cycling shoe; etc etc etc; but it's too bad that the young'uns grow up knowing only indexingk 10+ speeds, and crabon fibre'. At the very least, one appreciates clipless pedals after one has worn slotted cleats on a mountain bike. (The next evolutionary shelf seems to be, no retention.)
Still, there is much in the old ways and old kit that is worth keeping -- such as down tube shifters, and not shifting so goddam often. I started being "serious" about bikes -- that is, thinking of myself as a "cyclist" (instead of the Rivendellian ideal of "just riding") and learning eagerly from the "pro's", and building my own bikes from frame + parts, at about age 15 (1970); just about when Eddy was starting his meteoric rise. I'm very glad to have used the best of both worlds. Still, "your right arm must get a workout" is a particularly ignorant comment! Patrick Moore, who shifted thousands of trouble free miles with Delrin Prestige in and around Nairobi, Kenya. On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 3:39 PM, William deRosset <wmderos...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I liked that one even more than, "Wow, your right arm must get a workout." > (I was riding a bike with downtube shifters.) > > Best, > > Will > William M. deRosset > Fort Collins, CO > > -- 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/d/optout.
