Grant McLean wrote:
>
> Chuck Schmidt wrote: Or getting 10,000 miles on a set of $3000+ tires on
> your Carrera
> commuting to work...
>
> Sure Chuck, now it sounds like you're on my side of this issue.
>
> Why bemoan the fact that a high tech road bike that is light and racy IS
> light and racy?
>
> Nobody holds a gun to these fools heads who buy one and use it for some
> purpose completely
> at odds with reality.Sounds to me like some people are bitter at the wrong
> parties.
> The fact that the western world is obsessed with beauty, technology,
> greed, status, and showing off, isn't the fault of the modern bike industry.
>
> Should we bring forth suit against McDonalds for making us fat? (oh wait, i
> think people are!)
>
> I just don't see that classic lugged steel bikes are history because of some
> fault
> of the bike industry. Choices are made, things move on.
>
> The fact that you CAN still ride a 30 or 50 year old bike that was once
> designed for racing
> is no measure for modern bikes. Every product today is so "purpose built".
> Heck, this
> laptop i'm typing on is so light, it makes a crappy paperweight!
>
> Grant McLean
> Toronto.Ca
>
> O \O/
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Hey, I'm the worst offender. I own and ride a lot of race bikes, AND I DON'T EVEN RACE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(richie style "!")
Or as a great man once said: "The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives." --Albert Einstein
Chuck Schmidt So Pas So Cal
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