Originally Posted by
Maelochs
Is that not the ultimate badge of dishonor? "His stuff has value mostly as a counter to equally insane ideas promoted on BF."
I don't think many of his ideas are insane, I just don't agree with some of them. I also think some of the "they're ruining the industry" stuff was a bit closer to the mark when he was writing it the first time.
OTOH. showing people that the "one true way" perspective pretty much sucks by giving them another version of it is a neat rhetorical tool. I come at this from the perspective of someone who's never met anyone who rides the same way I do--high gear, long distance, flat pedals, cargo shorts, and fast, so I'm used to hearing "general" rules I find completely silly..