Originally Posted by
Spokebreaker
Respectfully, you're misinterpreting my posts. (I'll acknowledge they may also be worded badly) It's fine that your solutions work for you. They don't work for me, which is why I shared my opinion. I stick my my original contention - I said "If you want a *meal*, then cast-iron is a good investment for the road". I can understand why you would infer I was being exclusive, but I didn't imply it. I said "a good investment", not "the only investment".
It was worded not-so-well. You may not have
intended the implication but the implication exists regardless (many people are going to read it the way cyccommute did).
Your phrase
is implying that "cast-iron" is necessary (a requirement). Using "only" would mean that you don't need anything else (which would be absurd anyway since good ingredients are also probably required).
Originally Posted by
Spokebreaker
The name comes from when I started riding, at 256 pounds. I broke 11 spokes on the rear wheel over a 6-month period - gave me a lot of maintenance experience. I switched to hand-built 36-spoke wheels and haven't broken a spoke since. Now I crack rims.
It was just funny. You do carry more weight than most people are likely to be happy carrying.