It's interesting when you reach that point where you have to say "hey, maybe everyone else isn't wrong, maybe I've been brainwashed?" Just kidding, it isn't that bad, but I do think that Grant unfairly criticizes mainstream MTB bikes and riding, though. I've ridden modern full suspension bikes and they're nice, but my chosen level of bike grouchery is a steel 29+ tire hardtail or rigid 26x4-5" fat bike. Low overhead, high (enough) performance for me.
Chris On Thursday, February 10, 2022 at 8:49:11 PM UTC-5 Jay Lonner wrote: > My wife and I are spending a week in northern AZ, which included a day of > mountain biking in Sedona. We rented fancy dual-suspension, carbon fiber > wonderbikes which are about as anti-Riv as you can get — and it was a > fantastic experience! I’ve never ridden such a beast before, and was amazed > at the terrain it could handle in the hands of a newcomer to this style of > riding. It’s the most fun I’ve had on a bike in years. > > I had a Gus in my shopping cart when they were last on sale, but > ultimately didn’t go through with the purchase because I want to be free to > experiment with builds that depart from the Riv way of doing things, such > as IGHs and disc brakes. And now I’m doubly glad I held off, because I am > giving serious consideration to buying a fully modern mountain bike. > > In retrospect I think I gave too much credence to the idea of underbiking. > There’s no way I could have handled this sort of terrain on a Riv-style > bike — I would have been walking it the entire time. And while that may be > the lowest common gear, as a former commenter here liked to say, it > wouldn’t have been nearly as fun. > > So I guess this is part confession and part query — who else mixes and > matches their Rivendells with the sort of modern ironmongery that would > give Grant & Co. conniptions? > > Jay Lonner > Bellingham, WA (but temporarily in Sedona, AZ) > -- 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/f2688793-6230-43dc-918c-49af562134e9n%40googlegroups.com.
