I thought the review was on the whole pretty good. "Performance" is of course very personal; my idea of what a "performance" bike should be may not be yours. But, let us remember, there are many mansions in the Kingdom and, more to the point, there are pleasures to be had from a very light bike that you don't get from a 31 lb bike -- that is simply a fact to be noted and dealt with as one's tastes decide. Me, I wish my Fargo with the "light" Sun Rhyno/35 mm Kojak wheelset were no more than 31 lb; it is prolly closer to 40 with the fat wheelset and full kit. But it is still immensely fun. OTOH, it is certainly a nice feeling to climb a hill on the 18 lb gofast. I ride both about equally.
And I am hopeful when I hear that his views on CF are out of date: I wonder how much of the bad news about CF is due, not to the material but to the stupid-light designs it is used for? One other reviewer, less kind, slammed GP for saying you can commute in "work clothes" up to "10 miles." I am quoting the review, not the book. I have to agree here: unless your work clothes include a lot of sweat, you could not commute 10 miles in our summer weather and remain presentable for work -- even if you kept your speed under 10 mph. Hills and winds. At any rate, *I* would be sweating like a pig at that speed and distance wearing khakis or light wools and an ironed button down. Grant has fixations that have become more particular, I think, as he has gotten older: they seem very much to match the circumstances in which he rides. Heck if I rode in Walnut Creek and environs, I'd have kept my Sam HIll. But one can praise him for many things even if one doesn't agree with it all. Patrick "clipless/jersey/lightweight/low(ish) bars/skinny tires on road/no g-d twine or shellac/no even more g-d tweed/no upright bars//OTHO//no tight pants/no helmet/no gloves/no glasses/racks/bags/dyn lights/no endurance and no speed" Moore On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 9:07 AM, James Warren <jimcwar...@earthlink.net> 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. > > -- > 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. -- "Push back against the age as hard as it pushes against you." Flannery O'Connor ------------------------- Patrick Moore, Albuquerque, NM, USA For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW http://resumespecialties.com/index.html ------------------------- -- 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.
