I think Eben Weiss is mainstream. He's owned and ridden carbon bikes. And he rides a lot. I think "mainstream" in the context of cylcing encompasses a broad spectrum from racer wanna-be's to parents with kids in trailers or child seats to people carrying heavy loads on all kinds of bikes.
I don't think of myself as mainstream because I have never and will never consider riding carbon. Not that I'm a snob - just that I prefer my steel bikes. Regards, Corwin On Monday, January 29, 2024 at 6:41:31 PM UTC-8 ttoshi wrote: > My favorite quote: > > Unless you spend more time carrying your bike than riding it, a slight > weight reduction is utterly meaningless, and foregoing a nice steel bike > because the carbon one is lighter is like choosing a single $50 bill over > twenty $5 bills because the fifty is easier to fit in your wallet. > > On Mon, Jan 29, 2024 at 12:13 PM Piaw Na(藍俊彪) <pi...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> https://www.outsideonline.com/culture/opinion/theres-no-good-reason-to-buy-a-carbon-bike/?fbclid=IwAR2uIwBwz29AqiFhiVs5TTjdXw2HDNApUOMVh51foKzayEp1u_vB5UMltqU >> >> Never thought I'd see this. >> >> >> -- 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/6e6ec9b9-25f0-48b8-8306-be5df969df73n%40googlegroups.com.