Old news: NYT review of Just Ride from 2012

[Patrick Moore]

I was searching my folders for old Riv geometry charts and found this, and re-read it. Fun reading.

Preaching to the choir, I know.

Patrick Moore, who loves his team kit: Bianchi, Moteni, Legnano, BP, also had Cycles Wolfe and Raleigh team jersey before I sold them.

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[Pam Bikes]

Thanks for posting.  I hadn't read the review before.  One disagreement I have is that a bike is not a toy.  It's much more than that.

[Patrick Moore]

I agree that a bike is not merely a toy. In fact, it is a toy for (to use Bike Snob phraseology) precisely for roadie Freds, tho' I immediately claw back any hint of deprecation for those who simply like to ride road bikes fast. But "faster stronger lighter" is a toy mentality unless you are a professional. OTOH, as Sheldon said long ago, there are no cyclists more serious than commuters because they ride all the time in all conditions. 

I think that what Grant meant is that a bicycle is not principally an exercise machine or principally a machine for pursuing personal bests; it's for having fun. And that I agree with 100%; when I commute or run errands on the bike it is because it's fun; certainly a hellofalot more fun than driving in traffic. And someone can have fun pursuing personal bests, tho' that very quickly crosses over into a weird misplaced asceticism or monasticism,  in my opinion -- there was a news article a few years ago about the woman (not a racer, I think) who got so burned out by "training" and "getting better" that she could no longer stomach cycling and gave it up. That's both sad and very weird and it's the opposite of what Grant wants for cycling.

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