tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501437224497800843.post1067438240363902905..comments2024-01-19T00:51:29.523-08:00Comments on Cycling Spokane: Cold Palouse rideJohn Spearehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07187638368645707099noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501437224497800843.post-66080058263397923252010-01-09T20:01:01.252-08:002010-01-09T20:01:01.252-08:00John you already ride your vintage twitchy low-tra...John you already ride your vintage twitchy low-trail bikes like you were Lance show-boating on the Champs Elysées.<br /><br />Get a mod geometry bike and you may never have to steer again!<br /><br />I agree with RJ--you can have it both ways. It can be about the bike and not about the bike. Seems like a natural progression for you.<br /><br />Just don't forget us Freds and curmudgeons. We're salt of the earth, man, fucking salt of the earth!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501437224497800843.post-708232152256111532010-01-09T15:52:32.838-08:002010-01-09T15:52:32.838-08:00RJ: it's not so much the racing that gets me (...RJ: it's not so much the racing that gets me (well, mentally anyway -- phsycially, that's another story...) -- but the bike stuff that freaks me out. I'm not really into vintage; I just prefer stuff (standard steel tubing, steep geometry, low trail, DT shifters, etc) that's not produced by the big bike co's. <br /><br />So to be thinking about racey, brifter-y,OS tubing, high trail bikes is new and weird for me. <br /><br />Rory: i rode my first pair of sew-ups the other night. About 50 feet. Wow. I thought my Grand Bois Cerfs were about the most comfortable narrow-ish (by BOB standards) tires a guy could ride. The sew-ups I rode were 23mm pumped to about 85psi. Amazing. My buddy has a good stock of sew ups and rims and the knowledge. So I'm going to investigate these further over the next few months.John Spearehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07187638368645707099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501437224497800843.post-65592401746021193092010-01-09T08:28:49.004-08:002010-01-09T08:28:49.004-08:00go for it. with authority. i'm talking mavic ...go for it. with authority. i'm talking mavic carbone wheels, sew up models, and then the challenge paris roubaix sewup tires.rorynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501437224497800843.post-27578253877084713282010-01-08T22:52:24.318-08:002010-01-08T22:52:24.318-08:00John. It's okay. You can be a "racer"...John. It's okay. You can be a "racer" and a "vintage curmudgeon" at the same time. After all, that's the entire point of my blog: to prove that the same person can, IN FACT, do both.<br /><br />I make nerd out on Xtracycle and folding bikes.<br /><br />And I race.<br /><br />I swear by wool sweaters.<br /><br />And I race.<br /><br />So what?RJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12301320765977360689noreply@blogger.com