On Mar 24, 2009, at 10:52 PM, Bill M. wrote: > The 'less than a full water bottle' arguement always seems specious to > me. I don't carry less water to make up for a heavier bike.
That's not the point of that argument. The point is that- at least IME- no one complains that the weight of their water bottles (about 2.5 pounds for 2 20-oz bottles) slows them down or that they can even feel the difference between full and empty bottles on their bike. Yet people will get all lathered up over a bike component that weighs 100 g more than another. Grant's attitude to this, as part of the guiding philosophy of RBW, seems to be "meh." Adding a few ounces of steel to the frame with slightly thicker tubes means a bike that might very well outlive its 40 year old purchaser. Back in my racing days I chased those 100 grams, generally at much expense and never for any measurable improvement in performance. Now I ride my bike for fun and I don't sweat it. I've got bikes ranging from 21 lbs to 27 lbs and I don't to have any less fun on any of them. I prefer to measure my rides in smiles per hour these days... --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
