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Your gearing is obsolete
On Friday, June 12, 2020 at 4:41:57 PM UTC+2, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 6/12/2020 6:09 AM, wrote: On Friday, June 12, 2020 at 12:06:56 AM UTC+2, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 6/11/2020 4:32 PM, wrote: On Thursday, June 11, 2020 at 9:35:56 PM UTC+2, jbeattie wrote: On Thursday, June 11, 2020 at 11:13:38 AM UTC-7, wrote: On Thursday, June 11, 2020 at 7:23:34 PM UTC+2, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 6/11/2020 11:53 AM, AMuzi wrote: https://bikerumor.com/2018/06/23/com...nx-gx-x01-xx1/ For those who fondly recall 13~17 freewheels, there's a new 10~50 cassette! 50 teeth! Wow, I never thought I'd see the day when my 34 tooth biggest cog was considered too small. I'm getting a little out of date. I gotta catch up. -- - Frank Krygowski Ah, you give us a voucher to make fun of your dorky handlebar bag and all the other stuff you bolted to your bike one more time. Keep up the good work. You are not a true utility cyclist. Be quiet. You probably wear a helmet, also known as a head-shackle. -- Jay Beattie. I'm certainly not a true utility cyclist. Hauling gallons of milk or crates of beer seems silly to me if you have a car on your driveway. That's interesting. The U.S. currently has an enthusiastic industry and publicity machine saying we should build Netherlands-style bike paths everywhere. Why? Because then people will stop driving their cars! -- - Frank Krygowski What has that to do with the fact that I prefer using my car for groceries and not my bike. I only use my bike for non fun rides if it is more practical. ??? Your question amazes me. You are a direct rebuttal to their claims. Of course you don't use your bike if your car is "more practical." And as I recall, you mocked things like handlebar bags - so carrying more than one liter volume means your car will almost always be "more practical." For almost all Americans, that is also true. They will use it as an excuse to never bike for utility. Also, any trip requiring muscular exertion will make their car "more practical." Temperatures above 22 C will be too hot to be practical. Temperatures below 20 C will be too chilly. Rain, or the possibility of rain will have the same effect. So will snow, of course. And darkness. The U.S. will never be a bicycling nation. Your own preference for the car, except for "sport" rides, even in a nation renowned for its cycling culture adds evidence. -- - Frank Krygowski Last year: mileage car: 7500 km mileage bike(s): 12000 km. Lou |
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On 6/11/2020 11:26 PM, John B. wrote:
On Thu, 11 Jun 2020 22:42:31 -0400, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 6/11/2020 6:53 PM, John B. wrote: On Thu, 11 Jun 2020 18:06:54 -0400, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 6/11/2020 4:32 PM, wrote: On Thursday, June 11, 2020 at 9:35:56 PM UTC+2, jbeattie wrote: On Thursday, June 11, 2020 at 11:13:38 AM UTC-7, wrote: On Thursday, June 11, 2020 at 7:23:34 PM UTC+2, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 6/11/2020 11:53 AM, AMuzi wrote: https://bikerumor.com/2018/06/23/com...nx-gx-x01-xx1/ For those who fondly recall 13~17 freewheels, there's a new 10~50 cassette! 50 teeth! Wow, I never thought I'd see the day when my 34 tooth biggest cog was considered too small. I'm getting a little out of date. I gotta catch up. -- - Frank Krygowski Ah, you give us a voucher to make fun of your dorky handlebar bag and all the other stuff you bolted to your bike one more time. Keep up the good work. You are not a true utility cyclist. Be quiet. You probably wear a helmet, also known as a head-shackle. -- Jay Beattie. I'm certainly not a true utility cyclist. Hauling gallons of milk or crates of beer seems silly to me if you have a car on your driveway. That's interesting. The U.S. currently has an enthusiastic industry and publicity machine saying we should build Netherlands-style bike paths everywhere. Why? Because then people will stop driving their cars! I seem to remember talk about an increase in cycling when the gasoline price went sky high. Perhaps that is an easier solution than building bicycle paths. Just raise the price of fuel :-) We actually are seeing a surge in bicycling right now. Errr... what is a surge? Or rather how large is a surge :-) Well, there's this: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/18/n...ronavirus.html This past week, I was asked to offer advice for the friend (call him #2) of a friend (#1). #2 wants to buy bikes for his twin sons, age about 7. Just to be sure, my wife and I drove to four bike shops. There are no bikes for those kids. The area's largest shop normally has maybe 200 bikes on the display floor. They had maybe a dozen, with none due in for months. The only kid's bike was one girl's bike, pink and flowery. The salesman in that shop said to wait till next year. There will be tons of used bikes for sale. -- - Frank Krygowski |
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On 6/12/2020 12:41 PM, wrote:
On Friday, June 12, 2020 at 4:41:57 PM UTC+2, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 6/12/2020 6:09 AM, wrote: On Friday, June 12, 2020 at 12:06:56 AM UTC+2, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 6/11/2020 4:32 PM, wrote: On Thursday, June 11, 2020 at 9:35:56 PM UTC+2, jbeattie wrote: On Thursday, June 11, 2020 at 11:13:38 AM UTC-7, wrote: On Thursday, June 11, 2020 at 7:23:34 PM UTC+2, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 6/11/2020 11:53 AM, AMuzi wrote: https://bikerumor.com/2018/06/23/com...nx-gx-x01-xx1/ For those who fondly recall 13~17 freewheels, there's a new 10~50 cassette! 50 teeth! Wow, I never thought I'd see the day when my 34 tooth biggest cog was considered too small. I'm getting a little out of date. I gotta catch up. -- - Frank Krygowski Ah, you give us a voucher to make fun of your dorky handlebar bag and all the other stuff you bolted to your bike one more time. Keep up the good work. You are not a true utility cyclist. Be quiet. You probably wear a helmet, also known as a head-shackle. -- Jay Beattie. I'm certainly not a true utility cyclist. Hauling gallons of milk or crates of beer seems silly to me if you have a car on your driveway. That's interesting. The U.S. currently has an enthusiastic industry and publicity machine saying we should build Netherlands-style bike paths everywhere. Why? Because then people will stop driving their cars! -- - Frank Krygowski What has that to do with the fact that I prefer using my car for groceries and not my bike. I only use my bike for non fun rides if it is more practical. ??? Your question amazes me. You are a direct rebuttal to their claims. Of course you don't use your bike if your car is "more practical." And as I recall, you mocked things like handlebar bags - so carrying more than one liter volume means your car will almost always be "more practical." For almost all Americans, that is also true. They will use it as an excuse to never bike for utility. Also, any trip requiring muscular exertion will make their car "more practical." Temperatures above 22 C will be too hot to be practical. Temperatures below 20 C will be too chilly. Rain, or the possibility of rain will have the same effect. So will snow, of course. And darkness. The U.S. will never be a bicycling nation. Your own preference for the car, except for "sport" rides, even in a nation renowned for its cycling culture adds evidence. -- - Frank Krygowski Last year: mileage car: 7500 km mileage bike(s): 12000 km. Give me the numbers for utility riding, as opposed to sport riding. -- - Frank Krygowski |
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On Friday, June 12, 2020 at 6:55:38 PM UTC+2, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 6/12/2020 12:41 PM, wrote: On Friday, June 12, 2020 at 4:41:57 PM UTC+2, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 6/12/2020 6:09 AM, wrote: On Friday, June 12, 2020 at 12:06:56 AM UTC+2, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 6/11/2020 4:32 PM, wrote: On Thursday, June 11, 2020 at 9:35:56 PM UTC+2, jbeattie wrote: On Thursday, June 11, 2020 at 11:13:38 AM UTC-7, wrote: On Thursday, June 11, 2020 at 7:23:34 PM UTC+2, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 6/11/2020 11:53 AM, AMuzi wrote: https://bikerumor.com/2018/06/23/com...nx-gx-x01-xx1/ For those who fondly recall 13~17 freewheels, there's a new 10~50 cassette! 50 teeth! Wow, I never thought I'd see the day when my 34 tooth biggest cog was considered too small. I'm getting a little out of date. I gotta catch up. -- - Frank Krygowski Ah, you give us a voucher to make fun of your dorky handlebar bag and all the other stuff you bolted to your bike one more time. Keep up the good work. You are not a true utility cyclist. Be quiet. You probably wear a helmet, also known as a head-shackle. -- Jay Beattie. I'm certainly not a true utility cyclist. Hauling gallons of milk or crates of beer seems silly to me if you have a car on your driveway. That's interesting. The U.S. currently has an enthusiastic industry and publicity machine saying we should build Netherlands-style bike paths everywhere. Why? Because then people will stop driving their cars! -- - Frank Krygowski What has that to do with the fact that I prefer using my car for groceries and not my bike. I only use my bike for non fun rides if it is more practical. ??? Your question amazes me. You are a direct rebuttal to their claims.. Of course you don't use your bike if your car is "more practical." And as I recall, you mocked things like handlebar bags - so carrying more than one liter volume means your car will almost always be "more practical." For almost all Americans, that is also true. They will use it as an excuse to never bike for utility. Also, any trip requiring muscular exertion will make their car "more practical." Temperatures above 22 C will be too hot to be practical. Temperatures below 20 C will be too chilly. Rain, or the possibility of rain will have the same effect. So will snow, of course. And darkness. The U.S. will never be a bicycling nation. Your own preference for the car, except for "sport" rides, even in a nation renowned for its cycling culture adds evidence. -- - Frank Krygowski Last year: mileage car: 7500 km mileage bike(s): 12000 km. Give me the numbers for utility riding, as opposed to sport riding. -- - Frank Krygowski Why? I don't log the mileage of the utility rides. Everything below 25 km/hr doesn't count for me except off road riding of course. If I have to make an estimate it will be less than 500 km. I had a problem with my car for 3 weeks (battery drained over night) so I had to do everything by bike for that period. I even bought panniers. I can't see the fun in getting groceries by bike if you don't have to. They invented a car for that. YMMV. Lou |
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Your gearing is obsolete
On 6/12/2020 11:55 AM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 6/12/2020 12:41 PM, wrote: On Friday, June 12, 2020 at 4:41:57 PM UTC+2, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 6/12/2020 6:09 AM, wrote: On Friday, June 12, 2020 at 12:06:56 AM UTC+2, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 6/11/2020 4:32 PM, wrote: On Thursday, June 11, 2020 at 9:35:56 PM UTC+2, jbeattie wrote: On Thursday, June 11, 2020 at 11:13:38 AM UTC-7, wrote: On Thursday, June 11, 2020 at 7:23:34 PM UTC+2, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 6/11/2020 11:53 AM, AMuzi wrote: https://bikerumor.com/2018/06/23/com...nx-gx-x01-xx1/ For those who fondly recall 13~17 freewheels, there's a new 10~50 cassette! 50 teeth! Wow, I never thought I'd see the day when my 34 tooth biggest cog was considered too small. I'm getting a little out of date. I gotta catch up. -- - Frank Krygowski Ah, you give us a voucher to make fun of your dorky handlebar bag and all the other stuff you bolted to your bike one more time. Keep up the good work. You are not a true utility cyclist. Be quiet. You probably wear a helmet, also known as a head-shackle. -- Jay Beattie. I'm certainly not a true utility cyclist. Hauling gallons of milk or crates of beer seems silly to me if you have a car on your driveway. That's interesting. The U.S. currently has an enthusiastic industry and publicity machine saying we should build Netherlands-style bike paths everywhere. Why? Because then people will stop driving their cars! -- - Frank Krygowski What has that to do with the fact that I prefer using my car for groceries and not my bike. I only use my bike for non fun rides if it is more practical. ??? Your question amazes me. You are a direct rebuttal to their claims. Of course you don't use your bike if your car is "more practical." And as I recall, you mocked things like handlebar bags - so carrying more than one liter volume means your car will almost always be "more practical." For almost all Americans, that is also true. They will use it as an excuse to never bike for utility. Also, any trip requiring muscular exertion will make their car "more practical." Temperatures above 22 C will be too hot to be practical. Temperatures below 20 C will be too chilly. Rain, or the possibility of rain will have the same effect. So will snow, of course. And darkness. The U.S. will never be a bicycling nation. Your own preference for the car, except for "sport" rides, even in a nation renowned for its cycling culture adds evidence. -- - Frank Krygowski Last year: mileage car: 7500 km mileage bike(s): 12000 km. Give me the numbers for utility riding, as opposed to sport riding. You're back in the realm of taste and fashion there. Who's to say that one cyclist's experience is better or more pure or more admirable than another's? Not me. I just sold a tall short reach stem to a woman from Minneapolis who complained that her road bike handlebars are too far away and too low. She looked up at my old friend's photo: http://www.yellowjersey.org/grylls.jpg and exclaimed, "How could anyone ride a bicycle like that?" I started to mention that it's a Gold Medal finish photo but another customer laughed and said he did the same when he was racing and it's a necessary learned technique. I enjoy driving, especially my cute little Corvair Corsa. That takes nothing from my enjoyment of cycling. The world is a big place, humans are wonderfully varied and in my opinion any sort of bicycling is good. YMMV. -- Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org/ Open every day since 1 April, 1971 |
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AMuzi writes:
On 6/12/2020 11:55 AM, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 6/12/2020 12:41 PM, wrote: On Friday, June 12, 2020 at 4:41:57 PM UTC+2, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 6/12/2020 6:09 AM, wrote: On Friday, June 12, 2020 at 12:06:56 AM UTC+2, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 6/11/2020 4:32 PM, wrote: On Thursday, June 11, 2020 at 9:35:56 PM UTC+2, jbeattie wrote: On Thursday, June 11, 2020 at 11:13:38 AM UTC-7, wrote: On Thursday, June 11, 2020 at 7:23:34 PM UTC+2, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 6/11/2020 11:53 AM, AMuzi wrote: https://bikerumor.com/2018/06/23/com...nx-gx-x01-xx1/ For those who fondly recall 13~17 freewheels, there's a new 10~50 cassette! 50 teeth! Wow, I never thought I'd see the day when my 34 tooth biggest cog was considered too small. I'm getting a little out of date. I gotta catch up. -- - Frank Krygowski Ah, you give us a voucher to make fun of your dorky handlebar bag and all the other stuff you bolted to your bike one more time. Keep up the good work. You are not a true utility cyclist. Be quiet. You probably wear a helmet, also known as a head-shackle. -- Jay Beattie. I'm certainly not a true utility cyclist. Hauling gallons of milk or crates of beer seems silly to me if you have a car on your driveway. That's interesting. The U.S. currently has an enthusiastic industry and publicity machine saying we should build Netherlands-style bike paths everywhere. Why? Because then people will stop driving their cars! -- - Frank Krygowski What has that to do with the fact that I prefer using my car for groceries and not my bike. I only use my bike for non fun rides if it is more practical. ??? Your question amazes me. You are a direct rebuttal to their claims. Of course you don't use your bike if your car is "more practical." And as I recall, you mocked things like handlebar bags - so carrying more than one liter volume means your car will almost always be "more practical." For almost all Americans, that is also true. They will use it as an excuse to never bike for utility. Also, any trip requiring muscular exertion will make their car "more practical." Temperatures above 22 C will be too hot to be practical. Temperatures below 20 C will be too chilly. Rain, or the possibility of rain will have the same effect. So will snow, of course. And darkness. The U.S. will never be a bicycling nation. Your own preference for the car, except for "sport" rides, even in a nation renowned for its cycling culture adds evidence. -- - Frank Krygowski Last year: mileage car: 7500 km mileage bike(s): 12000 km. Give me the numbers for utility riding, as opposed to sport riding. You're back in the realm of taste and fashion there. Who's to say that one cyclist's experience is better or more pure or more admirable than another's? Not me. I just sold a tall short reach stem to a woman from Minneapolis who complained that her road bike handlebars are too far away and too low. She looked up at my old friend's photo: http://www.yellowjersey.org/grylls.jpg and exclaimed, "How could anyone ride a bicycle like that?" I started to mention that it's a Gold Medal finish photo but another customer laughed and said he did the same when he was racing and it's a necessary learned technique. I enjoy driving, especially my cute little Corvair Corsa. That takes nothing from my enjoyment of cycling. The world is a big place, humans are wonderfully varied and in my opinion any sort of bicycling is good. YMMV. I don't know what it is about bicycles that triggers these arguments, maybe it's the relative cheapness of the equipment. I have known guys that raced cars, and guys that raced boats. In all cases these vehicles were optimized, within the owner's budget, to go fast according to the rules in one particular racing discipline. If the car really only wants to turn left, or the head is a five gallon plastic bucket, then hey, that's just the way they are. But I can't imagine those guys sneering at someone's vehicle by saying "where's your go-fast car?", or laughing at a canoe because it won't win a race to Bermuda. |
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On Friday, June 12, 2020 at 9:54:15 AM UTC-7, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 6/11/2020 11:26 PM, John B. wrote: On Thu, 11 Jun 2020 22:42:31 -0400, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 6/11/2020 6:53 PM, John B. wrote: On Thu, 11 Jun 2020 18:06:54 -0400, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 6/11/2020 4:32 PM, wrote: On Thursday, June 11, 2020 at 9:35:56 PM UTC+2, jbeattie wrote: On Thursday, June 11, 2020 at 11:13:38 AM UTC-7, wrote: On Thursday, June 11, 2020 at 7:23:34 PM UTC+2, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 6/11/2020 11:53 AM, AMuzi wrote: https://bikerumor.com/2018/06/23/com...nx-gx-x01-xx1/ For those who fondly recall 13~17 freewheels, there's a new 10~50 cassette! 50 teeth! Wow, I never thought I'd see the day when my 34 tooth biggest cog was considered too small. I'm getting a little out of date. I gotta catch up. -- - Frank Krygowski Ah, you give us a voucher to make fun of your dorky handlebar bag and all the other stuff you bolted to your bike one more time. Keep up the good work. You are not a true utility cyclist. Be quiet. You probably wear a helmet, also known as a head-shackle. -- Jay Beattie. I'm certainly not a true utility cyclist. Hauling gallons of milk or crates of beer seems silly to me if you have a car on your driveway. That's interesting. The U.S. currently has an enthusiastic industry and publicity machine saying we should build Netherlands-style bike paths everywhere. Why? Because then people will stop driving their cars! I seem to remember talk about an increase in cycling when the gasoline price went sky high. Perhaps that is an easier solution than building bicycle paths. Just raise the price of fuel :-) We actually are seeing a surge in bicycling right now. Errr... what is a surge? Or rather how large is a surge :-) Well, there's this: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/18/n...ronavirus.html This past week, I was asked to offer advice for the friend (call him #2) of a friend (#1). #2 wants to buy bikes for his twin sons, age about 7. Just to be sure, my wife and I drove to four bike shops. There are no bikes for those kids. The area's largest shop normally has maybe 200 bikes on the display floor. They had maybe a dozen, with none due in for months. The only kid's bike was one girl's bike, pink and flowery. The salesman in that shop said to wait till next year. There will be tons of used bikes for sale. -- - Frank Krygowski You DROVE to four bike shops. WTF? What happened to the utility cyclist? You could have ridden to those shops. I did a meager 17 mile lunch ride in the pouring rain and passed three shops. I could have picked off another by tacking on a few miles. I was on my fashion Synapse -- deductions for discs and UDi2, fancy shoe covers, Showers Pass jacket, tights and jersey. Points for fenders. No Chihuahua carrier, bells, whistles, mirrors, kickstands, etc. I could have used windshield wipers on my glasses, though. Got throttled again and did not stop for a gallon of milk. Totally wasted ride. It was just fun. I should have done an errand. Next time I'll stop at the weed shop on the way home. It's still open and essential. -- Jay Beattie. |
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On Friday, June 12, 2020 at 1:17:59 PM UTC-7, Radey Shouman wrote:
AMuzi writes: On 6/12/2020 11:55 AM, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 6/12/2020 12:41 PM, wrote: On Friday, June 12, 2020 at 4:41:57 PM UTC+2, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 6/12/2020 6:09 AM, wrote: On Friday, June 12, 2020 at 12:06:56 AM UTC+2, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 6/11/2020 4:32 PM, wrote: On Thursday, June 11, 2020 at 9:35:56 PM UTC+2, jbeattie wrote: On Thursday, June 11, 2020 at 11:13:38 AM UTC-7, wrote: On Thursday, June 11, 2020 at 7:23:34 PM UTC+2, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 6/11/2020 11:53 AM, AMuzi wrote: https://bikerumor.com/2018/06/23/com...nx-gx-x01-xx1/ For those who fondly recall 13~17 freewheels, there's a new 10~50 cassette! 50 teeth! Wow, I never thought I'd see the day when my 34 tooth biggest cog was considered too small. I'm getting a little out of date. I gotta catch up. -- - Frank Krygowski Ah, you give us a voucher to make fun of your dorky handlebar bag and all the other stuff you bolted to your bike one more time. Keep up the good work. You are not a true utility cyclist. Be quiet. You probably wear a helmet, also known as a head-shackle. -- Jay Beattie. I'm certainly not a true utility cyclist. Hauling gallons of milk or crates of beer seems silly to me if you have a car on your driveway. That's interesting. The U.S. currently has an enthusiastic industry and publicity machine saying we should build Netherlands-style bike paths everywhere. Why? Because then people will stop driving their cars! -- - Frank Krygowski What has that to do with the fact that I prefer using my car for groceries and not my bike. I only use my bike for non fun rides if it is more practical. ??? Your question amazes me. You are a direct rebuttal to their claims. Of course you don't use your bike if your car is "more practical." And as I recall, you mocked things like handlebar bags - so carrying more than one liter volume means your car will almost always be "more practical." For almost all Americans, that is also true. They will use it as an excuse to never bike for utility. Also, any trip requiring muscular exertion will make their car "more practical." Temperatures above 22 C will be too hot to be practical. Temperatures below 20 C will be too chilly. Rain, or the possibility of rain will have the same effect. So will snow, of course. And darkness. The U.S. will never be a bicycling nation. Your own preference for the car, except for "sport" rides, even in a nation renowned for its cycling culture adds evidence. -- - Frank Krygowski Last year: mileage car: 7500 km mileage bike(s): 12000 km. Give me the numbers for utility riding, as opposed to sport riding. You're back in the realm of taste and fashion there. Who's to say that one cyclist's experience is better or more pure or more admirable than another's? Not me. I just sold a tall short reach stem to a woman from Minneapolis who complained that her road bike handlebars are too far away and too low. She looked up at my old friend's photo: http://www.yellowjersey.org/grylls.jpg and exclaimed, "How could anyone ride a bicycle like that?" I started to mention that it's a Gold Medal finish photo but another customer laughed and said he did the same when he was racing and it's a necessary learned technique. I enjoy driving, especially my cute little Corvair Corsa. That takes nothing from my enjoyment of cycling. The world is a big place, humans are wonderfully varied and in my opinion any sort of bicycling is good. YMMV. I don't know what it is about bicycles that triggers these arguments, maybe it's the relative cheapness of the equipment. I have known guys that raced cars, and guys that raced boats. In all cases these vehicles were optimized, within the owner's budget, to go fast according to the rules in one particular racing discipline. If the car really only wants to turn left, or the head is a five gallon plastic bucket, then hey, that's just the way they are. But I can't imagine those guys sneering at someone's vehicle by saying "where's your go-fast car?", or laughing at a canoe because it won't win a race to Bermuda. Sure, but if you showed up at a go-fast rally in your Vanagon, you would get serious eye rolling, particularly if you walked around and sneered at the McLarans because they had no rear seat or cargo rack. "That is not a versatile car!" "Why don't you have a brush guard on that!" "Pretender!" -- Jay Beattie. |
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AMuzi wrote:
On 6/12/2020 11:55 AM, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 6/12/2020 12:41 PM, wrote: On Friday, June 12, 2020 at 4:41:57 PM UTC+2, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 6/12/2020 6:09 AM, wrote: On Friday, June 12, 2020 at 12:06:56 AM UTC+2, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 6/11/2020 4:32 PM, wrote: On Thursday, June 11, 2020 at 9:35:56 PM UTC+2, jbeattie wrote: On Thursday, June 11, 2020 at 11:13:38 AM UTC-7, wrote: On Thursday, June 11, 2020 at 7:23:34 PM UTC+2, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 6/11/2020 11:53 AM, AMuzi wrote: https://bikerumor.com/2018/06/23/com...nx-gx-x01-xx1/ For those who fondly recall 13~17 freewheels, there's a new 10~50 cassette! 50 teeth! Wow, I never thought I'd see the day when my 34 tooth biggest cog was considered too small. I'm getting a little out of date. I gotta catch up. -- - Frank Krygowski Ah, you give us a voucher to make fun of your dorky handlebar bag and all the other stuff you bolted to your bike one more time. Keep up the good work. You are not a true utility cyclist. Be quiet. You probably wear a helmet, also known as a head-shackle. -- Jay Beattie. I'm certainly not a true utility cyclist. Hauling gallons of milk or crates of beer seems silly to me if you have a car on your driveway. That's interesting. The U.S. currently has an enthusiastic industry and publicity machine saying we should build Netherlands-style bike paths everywhere. Why? Because then people will stop driving their cars! -- - Frank Krygowski What has that to do with the fact that I prefer using my car for groceries and not my bike. I only use my bike for non fun rides if it is more practical. ??? Your question amazes me. You are a direct rebuttal to their claims. Of course you don't use your bike if your car is "more practical." And as I recall, you mocked things like handlebar bags - so carrying more than one liter volume means your car will almost always be "more practical." For almost all Americans, that is also true. They will use it as an excuse to never bike for utility. Also, any trip requiring muscular exertion will make their car "more practical." Temperatures above 22 C will be too hot to be practical. Temperatures below 20 C will be too chilly. Rain, or the possibility of rain will have the same effect. So will snow, of course. And darkness. The U.S. will never be a bicycling nation. Your own preference for the car, except for "sport" rides, even in a nation renowned for its cycling culture adds evidence. -- - Frank Krygowski Last year: mileage car: 7500 km mileage bike(s): 12000 km. Give me the numbers for utility riding, as opposed to sport riding. You're back in the realm of taste and fashion there. Who's to say that one cyclist's experience is better or more pure or more admirable than another's? Not me. I just sold a tall short reach stem to a woman from Minneapolis who complained that her road bike handlebars are too far away and too low. She looked up at my old friend's photo: http://www.yellowjersey.org/grylls.jpg and exclaimed, "How could anyone ride a bicycle like that?" I started to mention that it's a Gold Medal finish photo but another customer laughed and said he did the same when he was racing and it's a necessary learned technique. I enjoy driving, especially my cute little Corvair Corsa. That takes nothing from my enjoyment of cycling. The world is a big place, humans are wonderfully varied and in my opinion any sort of bicycling is good. YMMV. +1 |
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