Good News! Joe Breeze Abandons the Mountain Bike for Practical Bikes!

On 8 Dec 2003 08:04:36 -0800, Terri Alvillar wrote:

Joe Breeze is a pragmatist. He observed and commented a couple of
years ago that mountain biking was dying. He is a businessman so he
is concentrating on street bikes now.

Prove it. Nowhere in that long-winded article did he say that mountain
biking was dying. Certainly as a businesman it makes sense to stay out of
an overcompetitive field, and mountain bike manufacturing is certainly
that; many small manufacturers have shut down.

Check www.breezerbikes.com - These are either copies of just European
bikes or re-branded European bikes. I saw several that looked just like
these last summer in Europe (and rode a few). Saying he's trying to
"change the world" when he's just copying what others are doing is not
just a huge overstatement, but downright silly reporting.

If you're looking for a nice town bike, check www.electrabikes.com. Those
are some nice designs, far more creative than Breeze's "new" rip-offs.

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On 8 Dec 2003 08:04:36 -0800, Terri Alvillar wrote:

Joe Breeze is a pragmatist. He observed and commented a couple of
years ago that mountain biking was dying. He is a businessman so he
is concentrating on street bikes now.

Prove it. Nowhere in that long-winded article did he say that mountain
biking was dying. Certainly as a businesman it makes sense to stay out of
an overcompetitive field, and mountain bike manufacturing is certainly
that; many small manufacturers have shut down.

Check www.breezerbikes.com - These are either copies of just European
bikes or re-branded European bikes. I saw several that looked just like
these last summer in Europe (and rode a few). Saying he's trying to
"change the world" when he's just copying what others are doing is not
just a huge overstatement, but downright silly reporting.


I had a look. Those look like pretty nice town bikes, but I agree there's
nothing revolutionary going on there. Oh, and I also agree that mountain
biking isn't dying. But Terri, feel free to believe it is. Maybe your cause
has already succeeded and you can move on to something else. Maybe
backcountry skiers should be your next targeted group. You can ignore users
like snowmobiles (as you do with motocross and ATVs) and focus on the
"damage" skiers do to the snowpack. They put lines all over it that scar the
snow until it snows again or melts! Oh the horror!

If you're looking for a nice town bike, check www.electrabikes.com. Those
are some nice designs, far more creative than Breeze's "new" rip-offs.


I agree. My wife rides an Electra Betty (it's all pink and white - very
girly). It's pretty sweet. It has a three speed hub that has an efficent
feel to it.

Matt

On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 11:03:06 -0500, John Harlow wrote:
Looks like China is headed the other direction:

http://www.cnn.com/2003/TRAVEL/12/09....ap/index.html

Ah, that would be Mike's crusade to reduce "auto dependence". Looks like
that's going equally as well as his anti-MTB mania.

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