David, what you're describing sort of sounds like Hampsten Cycle's Strada Bianca:
http://www.hampsten.com/Bikes/GravelRoad/stradabianca.html see Andy's Ti version: http://tinyurl.com/cldwjh But he has a compact double, not a triple, and a 12-27 cassette. On Mar 12, 8:58 am, David Estes <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 8:54 AM, Joe Bartoe <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > From: [email protected] was the one to say it: > > > > These are races. > > > > No doubt a country bike would be great on those roads - but for > > > serious competition? Bike racing is not about being comfortable or > > > having an easy climb. > > > > I'm sure the top of the field did just fine on their carbon road bikes > > > - probably wasn't comfortable or easy, but that doesn't really matter > > > if you're on the podium. > > > > now, riding a road bike over terrain like that in a non-competitive > > > context is another matter. > > > I just completed my commute on my AHH after spending the past few weeks > > commuting on my racing bike (full carbon fork, SRAM Red, Carbon bars, etc). > > The AHH easily outweighs the racing bike by a good 7 pounds, but on my > > commute which is mostly flat with a 1.5 mile climb at the end of it, I found > > that it went just as fast on the flats and climbed just as fast. If > > anything, I don't feel as beat up as usual this morning. Larger tires, more > > comfy geometry, despite more weight can be a beneficial thing. The longer I > > go on the bike, the more I feel I benefit from the "Country Bike" style. I > > would imagine that the same would be true in a race of this sort. > > > My 2 pennies, > > > Joe > > > ------------------------------ > > Hey Joe, is there such a thing as a "racing country bike"? I'm guessing a > carbon cross bike, with a triple crank and Jack Browns would be about > perfect for a race like this. Still pretty light, but the fatter > tires/lower gears aren't going to slow you down any, and should actually let > you transfer more energy into forward movement, rather than bouncing up and > down over every rut. > > BTW, you going to make it for the Sunday ride? > > -- > Cheers, > David > Redlands, CA --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
