I second the motion. Most "serious" riders (racers) that I encounter have a sole focus. They know nothing about their bike, they don't use it for anything other than sporting equipment. The bike doesn't fit right, is ill-maintained, etc. but the rider has on the cutting edge kit. Looks the part, but couldn't tell you about one component on the bike. Why is that more serious than what I do? ----- Original Message ----- From: JoelMatthews To: RBW Owners Bunch Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 7:06 AM Subject: [RBW] Re: AHH as a road bike
> marketing of these bikes to the 52 yr old casual rider who can never > get comfortable. Agree except for the assumption that people who do not race are somehow 'casual riders.' In fact, I find more the opposite to be true. Someone who uses their bike to ride to work, shop, access cultural and entertainment outlets, visit friends and relatives, and take vacations is far more serious in my eyes than someone using a bike for the sole purpose of riding faster than someone else. On Dec 4, 8:22 am, Kris <kkjellqu...@gmail.com> wrote: > I can't see how anyone here would find this to be heresy. I think we > all accept racers need a light & nimble bike, but object to the > marketing of these bikes to the 52 yr old casual rider who can never > get comfortable. This is easily the #1 misconception about Rivendell > & Grant - "Grant hates racing bikes and racers!" > > On Dec 3, 8:43 pm, "Bill M." <bmenn...@comcast.net> wrote: > It may be heresy around here, but racers > > > > > ride racing bikes for a reason. - Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
