It's not clear (to me, anyway), what criteria are used by the judges at NAHBS. That best-of-show time-trial bike isn't my cup of tea, but it seems likely that its builder demonstrated considerable skill in building it. There are a lot of skilled artisans exhibiting at NAHBS, and I imagine picking a winner across a huge range of styles is difficult, not to mention subjective. That said, there's no particular reason why a NAHBS-winning bike has to have anything in common with a Rivendell.
Attempts to categorize bikes drive me a little nuts. How can you define a "city bike" by specifying particular wheel sizes or components or accessories? My bikes have more to do with my tastes and preferences than they do with the fact that I ride them in a city. Furthermore, I don't own a bike that can't be ridden in any city. What you are really asking is "what features characterize your stereotypical city bike?" Such stereotypes reflect branding and marketing more than anything. -- 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 post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
