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Frank Krygowski <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:I think a valid question might be: Did London's heat maps show much more activity when 1x gearing or road disc brakes get popular? IOW, did they really make a difference?On 9/25/2024 6:42 AM, Roger Merriman wrote:Which shows really that your experience is rather car centric no one hasFrank Krygowski <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:Most of my remarks on this issue relate not only my own experiences, but>>
It's good that the pendulum has finally swung back to reasonable tire
clearance. But billions of cyclists are still stopping plenty well
enough with rim brakes, even when they're wet.
That shows your circle of cyclists really...>Never seen folks wildly cross chaining? And yes swapping chainrings about
if your moving fast ie having to move up and down is tedious, all but one
of my bikes are doubles.
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Just because it’s not something you’ve encountered doesn’t mean it isn’t a
thing.
the experiences I've observed among my riding friends. So yes, they do
show my circle of cyclists.
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But the question becomes, whose "circle of cyclists" is closer to
typical? I think only a tiny percentage who are riding fast enough to
benefit from minor aerodynamic changes, who are braking hard enough to
benefit from improvements in brake modulation, who need ultra fast gear
changes, etc. The folks I ride with will do 40 to 50 miles without
worry, and that already exceeds the ability of "everyman" cyclists.
(Heck, I had many folks amazed that I rode seven miles to get to work!)
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ever been amazed that I rode to work, remember I see and encounter huge
number of cyclists London’s heat maps glow vividly unlike Youngstown there
are multiple large bike clubs within my area and so on.
London population and we’re not even counting the folks who commute in from
the Home Counties is larger than Ohio let alone Youngstown. And bikes are a
common sight.
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