On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 9:52 PM, Adam Maas <[email protected]> wrote: > > Nice shot, cute girl, nice bike even if I am somewhat biased against Aluminum.
There are some very nice alumimium bikes out there. It's not as sexy as carbon fibre, not as familiar as steel, but for the price, aluminium is a nice combination of stiffness and lightness. Aluminium has a bad reputation for harshness, but (like anything else), if designed properly, aluminium frames can work very well. That's not to say that it's superior to steel or carbon; it's all what the designer/framebuilder does with it, isn't it? I love my aluminium Fondriest trackbike! > > Just ordered a new bike myself. Duke's was nice enough to call up Kona > and check if they had any leftover 2009 Honky Tonk's in my size as I > don't like the 2010 versions (A nice steel road bike should not have > cheapo brifters, Dura-Ace DT shifters are the better choice). Got > lucky and they did, so I plunked down my cash and I should have my new > bike next weekend. Kona make some very nice bikes and Dura Ace is pretty damned nice stuff. Congrats on your new bike; the weather's looking pretty good for some good riding! cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
