*Things that changed my thinking:* +1 on clothing... No longer get "dressed up" just to ride. BTW spandex make awful rags... gotta figure out how to repurpose that material... Pine tar soap... GREAT STUFF. Vaguely recalled it from ancient times (high school art class), but now I use it all the time (thanks to Keven Mowen gifting me a bar on a visit to RBW) Saddle bags... Never considered them before; now can't live without em Proper frame sizing and posture... Always wondered why riding seemed a painful chore... like wearing a suit that's too small... THIS has been a total game changer for me. Dyno-lighting... thanks to improvements in hub dynos and LED lighting, it has truly arrived... now standard equipment on my rides
*Still some things I don't quite buy into (but understand their value to others):* 650B... skeptical that it will last (outside a select few devotees, and beyond the new surge in industry hype)... Most of all I'm angry that the Hetres 42s don't come in 26 or 700c (so I guess I've got an unfair chip on my shoulder about 650B) Drops... I own em...but just can't get comfortable down in the drops *Trends I HOPE will never be embraced by this crowd:* 10/11 speed cassettes Sloping top tubes (threatens the very aesthetics of the bicycle frame, IMO) STRAVA... somebody please just run me over :) Peace, BB On Thursday, November 21, 2013 3:09:58 PM UTC-5, blakcloud wrote: > > Rivendell reminded me how beautiful lugged frames can be. > That a nice bike doesn't have to have dropped bars. > That you don't have to wear bike specific clothes. > Toe clips and straps are not needed. > Kick stands can be very useful. > > What hasn't and will never work for me, carrying anything behind me. > I much prefer my load to be in front in a basket on a porteur rack. > 650 wheels are nice but so are 700 it is a wash for me. > > > > > -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
