I’ve designed the best cruiser ever

Ellsworth Ride

Fellow Boulder Blogger Rob G likes my Ellsworth Cruiser. He wrote about is on his Rumblestrip Blog. He thinks its the best cruiser ever. Hey, who am I to disagree? But more notably, he also bashed the Cruiser Ride, saying, “it has become another bad example of Boulder Elitism”. What he wrongly did is accuse everyone in the whole group as being the same. What he rightly did is call out the attitude expressed by *some* people in that group.

Don’t flame him any more, he’s been straighted out, and encouraged to come out to the NEW cruiser ride. I am calling it, Boulder Cruiser Night. Everyone still cruises, just not in the same intersection at the same time. I am going to write more details to come. But in the meantime, know that cruising is not dead. It is just in a transition state. The old Cruiser Ride wasn’t working anymore. No one likes a drunken mob. Well, except the guttersnipes. And I’m not one of them.

We are cruising tonight. Meet at Scotts house then the Sports Garage, as always.

July 5, 2007 | Filed Under Bicycling, Cruiser 

Comments

3 Responses to “I’ve designed the best cruiser ever”

  1. Chris V on July 9th, 2007 12:17 pm

    When are you going to actually ride this bike! I’ve been reading Rob G’s “so called elitism” remarks for a while regarding the cruiser ride and am pretty surprised at how un-informed he is. Too bad he never took the time to talk to people like myself to get an understanding about what is going on with the ride.

    You are right, the ride is in a transition state. Despite what many are complaining about, this is the best thing to happen to the ride, as it will find it’s true roots again and hopefully going be a much stronger community ride.

    The ride was never truly dead, it was more of a “re-boot” than anything. Somethings just need a re-booted to clean out the system and run smoother.

  2. Steve Z on July 9th, 2007 3:12 pm

    Unfortunately this cruiser is a bit of a sore subject, I’m not really feeling any Ellsworth love. I’ve been pretty mad at him for a while, but he doesn’t really even care why. I’m just a disposable employee, just like the rest of the company. I’m the longest standing employee he has, although since my email got cancelled I’m not even sure that I’m that.

    Look for a writeup on the cruiser ride here real soon.

  3. George Wisell on July 10th, 2007 7:55 pm

    Hey welcome to the club!
    Why not produce it overseas at a rate a mere mortal can afford?
    Need help?
    Call…

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