Originally Posted by cavernmech
Agreed. Its like an old buddy of mine who used to ride a Ritchey P-22....he would joke (well most of the time anyway) about how he will throw himself under the bike for protection. Honestly if you are not racing and competitive what does the extra 1 lb difference really make? Half the guys who buy bikes like that could lose the extra 1lb by laying off the Big Macs.
btw. I was at Sweet Pete's last night and I mentioned something about Paris-Ancaster to the guy checking me through. When I was about to leave he said "good luck in the race" as another guy walked up. He asked if I was doing P-A and we chatted for a second. Apparently a friend had asked him to do it a while back and he'd agreed, but now that the time has come he decided not to. I said how I was going with a couple friends who were riding on CX bikes, one of them being a single-speed. He looks at me for a second and says "that isn't Dave Pendon, is it?". I told him I was riding with "dave, keith and bradyn". Turns out the friend that asked him to ride P-A was Dave.
I guess this the guy you know well there because he was talking about when you used to ride a hardtail and he was on a full-sus and how he sold you your Kona.. etc etc etc.
We introduced ourselves and he said "well, I'll probably wind up riding with you this summer!".
summary: I love bikes.
