Originally Posted by
Basil Moss
Seeing how much rage seems to be summoned by the thought than anybody not a pro would use 53-39 chainrings, I thought I'd stir up another hornets nest. I got a knackered old racer to turn into fixed. The chainrings are 53-42. Anybody want to spew bile at the mere suggestion that anyone would use such a thing? This bike certainly wasn't marketed at pros, back in the 80's...
I am having difficulty parsing that statement. Are you saying that you think that non-pros using 53/39 causes rage or that non-pros
not using a 53/39 causes rage?
Was there any point to your post other that trying (unsucessfully) to cause controversy?
There isn't really much marketing directed exclusively to pros, but there is certainly marketing directed at "racers", or just performance-minded people in general (retro-grouches often call these people "pretend racers")