I feel like a lot of Jan's writing and purpose (and I could be totally wrong here) is to disprove myths and encourage people to go wide for comfort and enjoyment, from the lens of a cyclotourist who spends several hundred km in a saddle pedaling. A lot of the testing and writing have helped push the bike industry there, and he's careful to point out the flaws in his testing as well.
My question mostly stems from reading BQ though. Their roots are in the 650b world because as I initially pointed out, there wasn't really any options for 700c frames and wide tires, plus the whole french rando tradition thing. But more and more bikes they test come in a wide variety of tire sized, with a few now being 700c (that aren't just 29er mtn bikes which serve very different purposes). I get the obvious differences between a 700x42 and a 650x42. And at the end of the day either will do great on the types of rides I do (30-50 mile rides with about 30% being trails and fire roads). What got me thinking more about this was being in Rivendell and riding their Rosco Road which had 700x38 tires (I think) and can fit up to 700x50 (II think), and I liked it a lot more over my 650bx42 bike (though there are a lot of frame differences too to account for). On Sat, Dec 10, 2016 at 7:51 AM, Garth <garth...@gmail.com> wrote: > B I NGO > B I NGO > B I NGO > > and BINGO was his name Oh ! > > > A "preference" is a but a a preference by any name a preference prefers. > > > On Saturday, December 10, 2016 at 9:41:37 AM UTC-5, Matt B. wrote: >> >> >> That's why the concept is so weak. Especially when looking at difference >> between 584 and 622,* is down to preference* as far as I can tell. BQ >> has great articles, but- all due respect to the editors and writers- some >> of it is plain pseudo science. >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > topic/rbw-owners-bunch/RXnEDQlZ0X4/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
