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Westy

Westy

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Nov 22, 2002
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I used to ride my road bike on dirt roads all the time, would even do laps at the lame
kidwoo said:
"dirt drops have been a staple of grinding for decades"

:rofl:

They just invented that like 10 years ago as a way to laugh at roadies on dirt roads
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They just used to be called touring bikes. Then everyone decided they needed super stiff super aero race bikes so they could shave 3 seconds off a lap around their gated community. Those things are barley tolerable on pristine asphalt let alone a surface that may have a pebble on it.
 
kidwoo

kidwoo

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Westy said:
Then everyone decided they needed super stiff super aero race bikes so they could shave 3 seconds off a lap around their gated community. Those things are barley tolerable on pristine asphalt let alone a surface that may have a pebble on it.
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exactly

and hence a new MARKET was born, not a new activity

Everyone knows bicycles were created long before asphalt
 
iRider

iRider

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kidwoo said:
GRINDING is specifically a new activity that you have to buy all new clothes for, a new bike for, and a totally brand new definitely never seen before race format that you need to leave the dental office for, drive 4 hours into the mountains, and then break your fragile bike so you have to buy another one that you can brag about when back in the dental office on mtbr.com
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Yeah, well, you are right. Rapha was not invented at the time, so these bars don't count as prior art.
 
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