"Eric Platt St. Paul, MN (who also has a black bike, with black fenders and a black Brooks). "
Are you the Bike Ninja? :D http://www.yehudamoon.com/index.php?date=2009-03-11 http://www.cafepress.com/yehudamoon/6528912 On Mar 27, 11:47 am, EricP <[email protected]> wrote: > I'll resoundly disagree. If well designed, I find nothing wrong with > a compact frame. (Witness the Sam Hillborne). But like Eric D. said, > it depends on your frame of reference. While I started cycling in the > late 1970's, my favorite bikes were the early compact frame mountain > bikes that folks like Charlie Cunningham were designing. And yes, I > did ride a mountain bike as my main bike during the 1980's and into > the '90s. > > Then again, a number of my bikes have "compact" frames. The most > extreme of which is the Brompton<grin>. > > Eric Platt > St. Paul, MN (who also has a black bike, with black fenders and a > black Brooks). > > On Mar 27, 9:04 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- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
