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Olebiker
Guest
Please excuse me, but I'm feeling a little cranky today.
I've been reading some of Grant Petersen's ideas on bicycle equipment
and bike fit, and I have just about come to the conclusion that Grant
must not actually ride a bike. He just enjoys being an iconoclast.
I have come to understand why he likes Brooks saddles. You have to
have a well broken-in Brooks saddle to be able to ride with all of your
weight on the saddle as is the result of setting up a bike the way he
recommends.
I started thinking about this last Saturday while riding 62 miles into
an unrelenting headwind on TOSRV South. If I had my bike set up the
way Grant suggests, I would be like a sail in that wind.
One thing I read recently was Grant making fun of folks who use
STI-type shifters. He says we shift too much. I don't know about the
rest of you, but I like being in the most efficient gear whenever I
can, and I like not having to move my hands when I do it. With my
Campy Ergo shifters I hardly even think about it anymore much less
shift and then have to trim the shifter to center it over the cog.
Cloth handlebar tape with shellac over it.... Why do that when there
are good modern products that last a long time and are more
comfortable?
I have been riding for more than 30 years as an adult and thoroughly
enjoy most of the modern equipment. I don't miss friction shifting and
leather saddles one bit.
**** Durbin
I've been reading some of Grant Petersen's ideas on bicycle equipment
and bike fit, and I have just about come to the conclusion that Grant
must not actually ride a bike. He just enjoys being an iconoclast.
I have come to understand why he likes Brooks saddles. You have to
have a well broken-in Brooks saddle to be able to ride with all of your
weight on the saddle as is the result of setting up a bike the way he
recommends.
I started thinking about this last Saturday while riding 62 miles into
an unrelenting headwind on TOSRV South. If I had my bike set up the
way Grant suggests, I would be like a sail in that wind.
One thing I read recently was Grant making fun of folks who use
STI-type shifters. He says we shift too much. I don't know about the
rest of you, but I like being in the most efficient gear whenever I
can, and I like not having to move my hands when I do it. With my
Campy Ergo shifters I hardly even think about it anymore much less
shift and then have to trim the shifter to center it over the cog.
Cloth handlebar tape with shellac over it.... Why do that when there
are good modern products that last a long time and are more
comfortable?
I have been riding for more than 30 years as an adult and thoroughly
enjoy most of the modern equipment. I don't miss friction shifting and
leather saddles one bit.
**** Durbin