Thanks Grant for signing my copy in Portland and the one for my pal Craig (49'ners) He is reading it and learning and hopefully will be getting his new knees soon and will be on his bicycle again. I've been following your writing over the years and so wasn't too surprised when I read the book. You certainly have done something good with your book and I believe more will start realizing your points are true and we'll continue to see changes in the general mindset of many bicyclists.....old and new ones.
On Friday, June 29, 2012 8:01:11 PM UTC-7, grant wrote: > > I am generally relieved that the book hasn't been panned more and worse. > An old friend didn't like it on Amazon, and that hurt me deeply, but I'm > trying to get over that, and that hurt has been more than all balmed-up by > the generally positive response here and other places. > I'm always described as polarizing or divisive, which is a funny thing to > read. In print, even here, I tend to not dance around points I'm trying to > make, and I don't qualify things with IMHO or whatever. But most of the > book IS opinion, and I hope nobody thinks it's all-or-nothing. I DO believe > it all, but I don't expect 100 percent compliance or agreement or anything. > Some of my best friends ride clipless and dress in spandex and grind away > long long miles, and they're no fools. I do fear for the ones who ride > carbon forks, though---and maybe carbon has gotten better, but snapping is > still common, and the nature of the failures has not changed. > Anyway.......I really hope I don't offend anybody with my opinions. I > think there has been and is an unhelpful emphasis on racer-like riding as a > goal for us all---the idea that we suffer and get stronger and leaner in > payment for the the suffering, and that we have so much to learn from > racers. I really do think all that is bs. But anyway....there's no Kool-Aid > to drink here. Just stuff to consider, whatever, and reject whenever > rejection seems the way to go. Over and out on that, but thank you all for > however much you've liked the book. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/jOo2Z7BBqScJ. 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.
