Dave Mann view: flat | tree
Subject: Re: [BOB] $1200 Randonneur Bike for the masses
Date: 4/7/2011 12:46:14 PM
List: Internet-BOB
> On Wed, 2011-04-06 at 19:33 -0400, David H. Diette wrote:
>> My point is to try to get y'all to imagine a parallel reality America
>> where hybrids, city bikes and commuter bikes were never developed.
>> Where a true randonneur bike caught on and handily fulfills all those
>> roles and more.

On 4/6/2011 7:44 PM, Steve Palincsar wrote:
> Alternate History! Even more fun than imagining what would have
> happened if the South had won at Gettysburg...

I think we called that the 1970s.

Look at the geometries of good rando bikes and look at the geometries of
the 1970s vintage sport tourers and "10-speeds", some of which were sold
with 26" tires. They're the same or basically the same!

The low to mid level bikes were rejected by the US market. Flat bars
had a lot to do with that.


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