D'OH... damned Reply-To:!!! Andy is a great guy, rides an enviable Riv, always has.
Maybe I ought visit y'all for this GAP ride. I <3 PGH On 2/16/12, Joe Bunik <jbu...@gmail.com> wrote: > Andy! > > Man, I miss Pittsburgh! Still riding with the Td'O group? We wound up > way out west, 'Nut Creek of all places... somehow that was always on > the wall for us! > > Got rid of (some of) my CL-armada and am finally able to represent for > the home team around here, a friend hooked me up with his ex-Legolas - > best bike evar. :-) http://www.flickr.com/photos/joe_bunik/6630326105 > - bars and tires have changed out since that pic, though. > > Hope yer well > =- Joe Bunik, PGH '06-'09 > > On 2/16/12, ascpgh <asc....@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> I live in Pittsburgh, several hours and mountain ridges from the east >> coast corridor, but have ridden in Washington D.C. and NYC on my >> Rambouillet including the Five Boroughs Ride a couple years ago. >> During that day I was addressed by more people who commented on the >> aesthetic and the fit of my bike to me. My wife was pretty sarcastic >> about it by the end of the day and the drive home cracking about >> friends I haven't met yet who will come drooling at the parking lot of >> the next stop along the way home. >> >> I wonder if that population-dense region of this country reinforces >> generalizations, like Manhattanites preference for black. If so, the >> major cycling theme would be the one dictated by the volume players >> and the ones using the tech materials as their marketing. Ask some >> adherents of that theme about their bike and they incessantly talk in >> the same vocabulary of carbon fiber, stiff, light, "weighs...", blah, >> blah, blah. Never much descriptive about how they ride. There is a >> superiority, or at least hiding weaknesses, one may assume under the >> cloak of conformity; if you have the look, no one assumes anything but >> that you belong. Few new to cycling will assume minority sensibilities >> to aid their recognition in their new pursuit >> >> Veteran cyclists work through stuff like that on their long run of >> bikes, parts and sensibilities. I think it is those riders who are >> particular minorities in the general population of cyclists. The CF >> mashers come and go from the group with whom I ride. They ride with a >> different group for all-hammerfest riding and sometimes alternate >> because while the VO max crew is satisfying of the desperately >> desired self-image, they must not be very much fun and certainly do >> not waste expiratory tidal volume on conversation. >> >> Me on my steel Ram and the others, core to the group I ride with, >> share information like this list does and many from other bases of >> aesthetic and materials seem enlightened by the quality of >> information freely shared. I think that is more important than one's >> preference of frame material because it promotes cycling and rather >> than controlling the communication of information, a weak base of >> power, it facilitates it. >> >> ANDY >> Pittsburgh >> >>> People literally stop me on Manhattan streets and say, "Wow, that's a >>> beautiful bike!" or "I've heard about Rivendells but have never seen >>> one." I'm the odd man out in the local club, but I think the >>> Rivendell aesthetic has just not penetrated much here; nor has the >>> notion of bicycles as other than mere fitness machines. >>> >>> This local club is a bunch of hammerheads and equipment geeks, mostly >>> very fast riders, yet they are bemoaning the fact that the club is not >>> growing, that there are no "C" level riders. >> >> -- >> 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-bunch@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-bunch@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.
