I'm pretty much only a freestyle/crawl stroke swimmer. I'll do lots of interval sets in the pool, but only swim very little of the other strokes. Often I'll just throw in an IM here and there just to break up the monotony. But I'm by no means proficient at those other strokes. Yesterday, as I rested after doing a 400 IM, the woman in the lane next to me (obviously an experienced swimmer) came to a stop and asks "Were you just swimming butterfly?" I told her I was and she responded "Hmm, ya don't see people swimming butterfly much anymore."
Dan
Oh, OK. I see what you're saying. Kind of a similar phenomenon happened with bicycles back when mountain bikes were revolutionized in the 80s. Before that, about 95% of multi-speed bikes were road/racing bikes. You could get that style of bike in every department store that sold bikes. But then the mountain bike came along and they were more popular with your average non-racing bicyclist. Now, you have to go to a bicycle shop to get a road bike.
Dan
Oh, OK. I see what you're saying. Kind of a similar phenomenon happened with bicycles back when mountain bikes were revolutionized in the 80s. Before that, about 95% of multi-speed bikes were road/racing bikes. You could get that style of bike in every department store that sold bikes. But then the mountain bike came along and they were more popular with your average non-racing bicyclist. Now, you have to go to a bicycle shop to get a road bike.
Dan
