"Never forget: The older you get, the faster you were.." AND..You're older now than you've ever been. .
On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 12:04 PM, dougP <dougpn...@cox.net> wrote: > "Performance" is in the mind of rider. For me, my way-over-30 lb > Atlantis (I'd weigh it but I'm too lazy to drag the scale downstairs) > performs just fine for what I'm doing. > > Funny story: did a "tour" recently (totally cush affair: lodging, > luggage transported, etc) where riders on typical MCRBs complained > about poor road surfaces, steep hills, sore hands, stiff necks, etc. > Most of the group was "of a certain age (or older)" with the > disposable income to buy whatever bike they desire. My trusty > Atlantis with 40 mm tires dealt nicely with the conditions, and I even > bagged a few bonus hills that stumped the compact double crew. They > teased me about my rack but were looking at my reflector disappear up > the hill. > > Never forget: The older you get, the faster you were... > > dougP > > On Jun 28, 8:18 am, RJM <crccpadu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Ah, performance, such a weird thing to call a bicycle, especially when > any > > performance is directly attributed to the person and not the equipment. > > > > I know when I ride my bike I have a fun time and come away without > needing > > to take the next couple of days off due to back, neck, wrist ache, that > is > > about all the performance I can handle. > > > > > > > > On Thursday, June 28, 2012 10:07:23 AM UTC-5, James Warren wrote: > > > Grant writes a book to promote something to counteract a prevailing > > > mentality. The reviewer's review itself has one sentence that shows how > > > pervasive that mentality is. The reviewer generally responds > positively to > > > Grant's book and offers the following as constructive criticism: > mentioning > > > a couple of Grant's points with which he disagrees, the reviewer > writes, "I > > > also think the notion of a 31-pound “performance” road bike (that’s how > > > much his personal bike weighs) is ridiculous." > > > > > This tells me that the reviewer has not really gotten the point. I know > > > the word "performance" is in quotes, so I'm not sure how he is defining > > > performance. But the phrase "road bike" is not in quotes. The reviewer > > > adheres to the idea that one's road ride can be only be > high-performance > > > when lightness and acceleration are the highest goals. Elsewhere in the > > > article, the reviewer says that cycling should be much more. But he > himself > > > can't allow the thing called "road riding" to incorporate cycling's > other > > > joys. That's a bummer. > > > > > -Jim W. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Steven Frederick > > > Sent: Jun 28, 2012 4:38 AM > > > To: "rbw-owners-bun." > > > Subject: [RBW] Review of "Just Ride." > > > > > From none other than BIKE magazine, one of the best mtb mags. out > there... > > > > >http://www.bikemag.com/news/reviewed-just-ride/ > > > > > Steve > > > > > -- > > > 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.- Hide quoted > text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > -- > 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.
