On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 10:24 PM, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery<[email protected]> wrote: > > My one skinny-tire bike (an early 80s pink Univega) has 700x25 Conti > Gatorskins (which I doubt would fare well in Heine's tests), and it is > plenty faster than my other bikes with fatter tires. It is also > lighter than my other bikes, partly because it has skinny tires. It > turns out that, in many ways, my fatter-tire bikes are more enjoyable > to ride (and get more miles as a result), but they are definitely not > faster, except maybe on gravel. If I want to go fast on pavement, I'd > choose the lightest tires I could find, which happen to be skinny. > > The intriguing thing about the Roadeo is that it will take the 35s, > and it also has provisions for fenders, neither of which applies to my > Univega (25 mm is about max, and no fender eyelets/clearance). And > it's lighter than my Univega, which, btw, has dt shifters because > they're lighter than bar-ends... > http://www.flickr.com/photos/twowheelflight/3700511792/ >
I wonder if that metallic pink would be an acceptable head tube contrast color by riv's standards. :-D -sv --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
