Good points, Garth. One of our heroes (some of us here anyway), Jobst Brandt, likely pedaled hundred and hundreds of miles on gravel wearing tubulars and Campy modulators rather than brakes...as did thousands of hardy TdF riders BITD. But trends do gain momentum, I suppose.
It seems to me also quite likely the concept of 'gravel bike' was created by brilliant bike industry minds looking for ways to sell more stuff. I'd probably be concerned if I thought the availability of the disc brakes we have been using so capably and safely for 80 or 90 years (much of that on gravel for sure) was going away, but clearly it isn't...nor will it anytime soon, thankfully, IMHO. BEST / Jock Dewey / Athens, GA On Wednesday, June 21, 2017 at 12:34:05 PM UTC-4, Garth wrote: > > It seems most people who are selling one have multiple Riv and/or other > bikes. I find 2 bikes to be about right, I can after all only ride one bike > no matter how many I could possibly own. > > > The disc brake mentions have me wondering aloud, what did people do before > disc brakes ? Of course we all know the answer. I do find it rather odd > how the whole "gravel bike" thing is associated with disc brakes. My oh > my..... I have ridden gravel roads since the 80's and somehow I and others > all survived and thrived. People will say anything to sell a new product, > and that's what the parts mfrs. want you to believe disc brakes are a > requirement to riding a bike. Reminds me of mobile phones and now > smartphones, that somehow you cannot exist without constantly being > tethered to something to keep you occupied. Now I need disc brakes they > say, or else I am in danger from not controlling this that and the other > condition, obstacle or circumstance. Frankly, I need nothing to be being, > since to be anything I must first and absolutely be being. > -- 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.
