[CR]weigh cool

(Example: Component Manufacturers)

To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
From: "Richard M Sachs" <richardsachs@juno.com>
Subject: [CR]weigh cool
Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2002 20:42:53 -0400

why care what the pros use, especially on this list, unless it's a hero-worship thing. sure, some top guys are preoccupied with equipment, but most are rank and file paid athletes who'll use whatever their team contracts for.

as far as i see it, the weight issue and the denouncement of modern parts as not worthy, unreliable, complicated, or the like, are not related.

i care less that a modern bicycle weighs less than i do about how much easier the new stuff is to use, maintain, and, if necessary, adjust. i pay for all my parts, and i use and race on it. reliabiility and service life are not the issues that listees trump them up to be.

e-RICHIE
Richard Sachs Cycles
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