Re: [RBW] Re: Grant sets them straight with letter to editor

2015-02-25 Thread Will
Why do you need to wear special clothes to ride? Not arguing, just curious. I've been riding for about 50 years. Newspaper bikes as a before teenage years, then Raleigh racers in college. Shorts and tee shirt have always worked for me. What's the advantage of bike shop attire? On Wednesday, F

Re: [RBW] Re: Grant sets them straight with letter to editor

2015-02-25 Thread Matthew J
> No, Grant didn't invent the issue, but he has fed the flames, and kept it alive, and he has perpetuated a stereotype, and he has offended folks along the way. For no reason. And I assure you that it has affected his > bottom line by marginalizing him. This appears to assume GP does what he

Re: [RBW] Re: Grant sets them straight with letter to editor

2015-02-25 Thread Jim Bronson
Guilty as charged. In fact I am definitely not an adherent to Grant's thoughts on cycling attire. I'm wearing plum-smuggling cycling shorts every time I ride, unless it's a very, very short ride. But unlike some folks, I don't feel any pressure to conform to the Unracer philosophy. It's just mo

Re: [RBW] Re: Grant sets them straight with letter to editor

2015-02-25 Thread Ron Mc
Every day, there are frightful sights in lycra on every bike path On Wednesday, February 25, 2015 at 2:18:24 AM UTC-6, Peter M wrote: > > Every runner knows those Damn walkers are just in the way 😉 Must be > winter. > On Feb 25, 2015 2:50 AM, "'pb' via RBW Owners Bunch" < > rbw-owne...@googl

Re: [RBW] Re: Grant sets them straight with letter to editor

2015-02-25 Thread Addison Wilhite
I kind of feel like the revolution is over and we won. Anymore, while I can certainly find the carbon roadie types, they aren't living in the niche. Just like the "extreme" downhillers or whatever they are called. I just don't see a lot of riders so focused on 25mm tires that don't also accept t

[RBW] Re: Paul Brakes -- Wow!

2015-02-25 Thread Ron Mc
Putting in a plug here for Modern Bike. Andy has Paul Components in stock at about 30% off across the board. His service is excellent. On Wednesday, February 25, 2015 at 1:41:43 AM UTC-6, Mike Shaljian wrote: > > Indeed. Long-reach calipers was the obvious choice, don't think I'd bother > th

Re: [RBW] Re: Grant sets them straight with letter to editor

2015-02-25 Thread Goshen Peter
Every runner knows those Damn walkers are just in the way 😉 Must be winter. On Feb 25, 2015 2:50 AM, "'pb' via RBW Owners Bunch" < rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > > On Tuesday, February 24, 2015 at 8:18:22 PM UTC-8, Doug Williams wrote: >> >> pb, >> >> Hmmm...I'm glad that you fo

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