You don't need new technology. I have a 1970's racer made by Harry Quinn here in the UK. Reynolds 501 frame means I can lift it with my little finger also. Out on the road I've never had a smoother ride on *any* other bike, regardless of the year of manufacture.
That's not to say the Roubaix Comp isn't good (I don't know of it, but it better be at that price:D), but I know my racer didn't cost $2600, even account for price difference. Techology can be good, but it's not everything.
Oh, and you don't need a big gear range. My family own a bike shop, so I've had a go on lots of stuff, but in standard use, I've never used more than about 6. My racer has 12, and I think I still haven't used them all yet.
Totally agree with this. I've used Windows since DOS , picking up bits and pieces of knowledge etc. My sysadmin friends won me over in February and I let them install Mandrake 9.2 on my main machine - haven't gone back. Admittedly I'm comparing to Win98, because I could never afford to upgrade to anything newer. In fact Linux saved me from a huge waste of money - I bought and iPod, and missed the fact that iTunes only runs on 2000/XP, so I installed gtkpod and hey, it works perfectly. Fantastic.
As for gaming, I still can, but I'm one of those heretics who uses WineX. As far as I'm concerned, gaming stopped me moving from Windows earlier - I'll take what I can get until publishers catch on to the Linux market. Just as well I enjoy NWN and UT really.
I've also just tried Gentoo and Mandrake 10.0, and while I'm still a newb overall, Gentoo is taking me to all sorts of new places. I don't see Windows coming back to my systems any time soon.
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You don't need new technology. I have a 1970's racer made by Harry Quinn here in the UK. Reynolds 501 frame means I can lift it with my little finger also. Out on the road I've never had a smoother ride on *any* other bike, regardless of the year of manufacture. That's not to say the Roubaix Comp isn't good (I don't know of it, but it better be at that price :D), but I know my racer didn't cost $2600, even account for price difference. Techology can be good, but it's not everything.
Oh, and you don't need a big gear range. My family own a bike shop, so I've had a go on lots of stuff, but in standard use, I've never used more than about 6. My racer has 12, and I think I still haven't used them all yet.
Totally agree with this. I've used Windows since DOS , picking up bits and pieces of knowledge etc. My sysadmin friends won me over in February and I let them install Mandrake 9.2 on my main machine - haven't gone back. Admittedly I'm comparing to Win98, because I could never afford to upgrade to anything newer. In fact Linux saved me from a huge waste of money - I bought and iPod, and missed the fact that iTunes only runs on 2000/XP, so I installed gtkpod and hey, it works perfectly. Fantastic.
As for gaming, I still can, but I'm one of those heretics who uses WineX. As far as I'm concerned, gaming stopped me moving from Windows earlier - I'll take what I can get until publishers catch on to the Linux market. Just as well I enjoy NWN and UT really.
I've also just tried Gentoo and Mandrake 10.0, and while I'm still a newb overall, Gentoo is taking me to all sorts of new places. I don't see Windows coming back to my systems any time soon.