It just depends on your background. I started out mountain biking, so I like the looks of a compact frame--I'm used to lot of seatpost showing.
Eric Dublin, OH On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 10:04 AM, MichaelH <[email protected]> wrote: > > Patrick makes an interesting point. > > "Compact" frames are ugly, and if all they come in is a flat black > they are very ugly. One can argue that beauty is in the eye of the > beholder, but there are some very ancient and true rules of > proportion, which can be described mathimatically. A "classic" frame > design in a 52-62 range is very close to that. For those of us who > are visually oriented people that's important. > Years ago I made my living as a custom cabinet and furniture maker. I > always designed furniture around classical proportions known as the > "golden cube" and found that always produced an esthetically pleasing > product. > > Michael > Westford, Vt > > On Mar 26, 7:41 pm, PATRICK MOORE <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 3:14 PM, Chris <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I'll always have a steel bike or two and I still really want an Orange > > > Ram, but I'll tell you what....Carbon is the future. > > > > I was in a high end (and very successful, even in these thin and > > piping times) bike shop last week and hefted a couple of high end > > (circa $6700 sans pedals) Orbeas -- all carbon down to their crank > > arms. I imagine they weigh less than 15 lbs sans pedals. (We must put > > some big BMX pedals on them!) And they were GDamn ugly!!! But I felt > > as if I were holding a newborn baby: "Someone help me before I break > > something!" I'm quite happy with my 18 lb Riv gofast and my (I'm > > guessing) 21 lb Riv commuter. > > > > -- > > Patrick Moore > > Albuquerque, NM > > Professional Resumes. Contact [email protected] > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
