Haha, I wasn't trying to be a wet blanket, just stating the fact that in the bike biz, unsophisticated customers tend to shy away from "versatile" because it sounds like there'd be some kind of performance compromise. This misguided (but profitable) notion is what has led the bigger bike companies to create ever expanding product lines of single-purpose bikes, which further fuels this sentiment among the bike buying public.
Mike S, I believe if you stepped into my shop, you'd see that I'm all about versatility, in the bikes I ride, and in the bikes I choose to sell. All of my bikes have braze-ons a'plenty and loads of tire clearance. Nothing skinnier than 700x28 here, and even that seems frivolous to me. On Thursday, May 16, 2013 3:15:22 PM UTC-5, Mike Schiller wrote: > > well, Jim, now aren't you the wet blanket. I feel the ability to > transition a bike for different uses is more valuable. That and the fact > that they look so darn nice. > > ~mike > Carlsbad Ca. > -- 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-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
