Originally Posted by
Koyote
Road cyclists are the cool kids? Not around here.
Was Grant Peterson really that influential? I'd bet that 9 out of 10 (or even 10 out of 10) of my riding friends have never heard of him. 'Course, they're all also on modern bikes.
Petersen
is the C&V Deep State.
Kidding aside, my account of the history of the C&V survivalists is pretty much accurate.
Though the cult started earlier, with Grant's hold-your-horses response, when he worked for Bridgestone USA, writing the catalogs and spec'ing the bikes, to what he saw as the industry's fixation on cutting-edge racing bikes, sidelining bikes that are "sensible" and "practical" (favorite Grant adjectives, along with "stout" and "lovely"), and suitable for the great majority of non-racers like him and his friends.
Fair enough, obviously. And appreciated by fans who eagerly signed up for the Bridgestone Owner's Bunch, aka BOB, whose Google Group continues to thrive to this day. Those were the Edenic days, before the love of C&V took its dark turn.