There is a whole lot of good substance in this piece, as we’ve come to expect from MF’r… there’s always lots in between the lines. On the more simple point about overbiking. I’ve recently been gifted the opportunity to ride a really big bike compared to what I learned and currently ride as my daily downcountry driver… the over biked big bike surprised me. I now see bikes more like instruments, less like a hierarchy of weapons for different levels of challenges. Another first principle I keep coming back to, is most of us who are obsessed with bikes ride a small fraction of the bikes and components that are out there. Can we learn more about the sport by playing a wider variety of instruments. I know the wider discussion deals with skews in the landscaped and policy which is less about what bike is most fun, what trip will be the funnest… I can’t weigh in on that one
Oct. 21, 2022, 9:07 a.m. - Rob_Grain
There is a whole lot of good substance in this piece, as we’ve come to expect from MF’r… there’s always lots in between the lines. On the more simple point about overbiking. I’ve recently been gifted the opportunity to ride a really big bike compared to what I learned and currently ride as my daily downcountry driver… the over biked big bike surprised me. I now see bikes more like instruments, less like a hierarchy of weapons for different levels of challenges. Another first principle I keep coming back to, is most of us who are obsessed with bikes ride a small fraction of the bikes and components that are out there. Can we learn more about the sport by playing a wider variety of instruments. I know the wider discussion deals with skews in the landscaped and policy which is less about what bike is most fun, what trip will be the funnest… I can’t weigh in on that one