Joe, Harsh? Maybe a little bit and maybe not 100% unintentionally. As I said weight reduction on ANY bike is a good thing, but my point is the Clem certainly doesn't seem like it's designed with an eye towards weight saving, it's designed around being a comfortable, smooth, stable ride & in that context light weight is sort of antithema.
But, as I think about it, I guess it's the same process many of us have gone through over the years played out in real time as we witness people think out loud about their bikes, the evolution of their experiences with them and the mental gymnastics of identifying issues & figuring out how to deal with them. I started riding when I was 6 and had the wrenches out almost immediately thereafter. Working on modifying & riding. So with that vantage point I can almost anticipate where this is all going. In that sense many of us are sort of passengers and sometimes backseat drivers in their journey. Offering the insights of our experience, but ultimately not in control. Sometimes it's a bit like going to a scary movie; you're watching & thinking "oh no! Don't go in the isolated spooky house", but being powerless to influence the outcome. I think my natural tendency to be helpful gets stunted by the conduit that is the internet. -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/5ba76ba2-6096-438c-82e0-66a317ceba8e%40googlegroups.com.
