> to jamb my shoe into my fender". Bicycles should not cause this kind > of low-grade anxiety. It's unnecessary - if a bike has TCO, the wheels > are too big. Design it out with smaller wheels!
As GP argues, there are many other concerns in a bike design than TCO. Designing a bike so it will be a good fixie may make sense for a one off custom builder. No sense at all for someone who designs bike for a wide range of riders most of whom have zero interest in fixed gear bicycles. On Feb 2, 9:22 pm, james black <chocot...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 23:36, Grant Petersen <gr...@rivbike.com> wrote: > > TCO ends up being a problem---in my opinion---only in theoretics, but not in > > practice. THere are some builders who would disagree; and although in the > > spirit of diplomacy and reasonableness and "agreeing to disagree" and all > > that, I accept that....I can't understand it. To fear TCO or to regard it as > > Dangerous....well, it's ust something that to me doesn't make any sense. > > I also disagree - I strongly dislike toe clip overlap, having > encountered it on a few frames (I usually ride long-raked 60-62cm > frames now, so have little problem). It can be a problem > trackstanding, riding slowly, turning sharply while riding a fixed > gear, riding offroad, and climbing slowly. If it doesn't make you > crash, it's still annoying, inconvenient, and I don't want to sit > around while riding constantly thinking, "Oh, I better be careful not > to jamb my shoe into my fender". Bicycles should not cause this kind > of low-grade anxiety. It's unnecessary - if a bike has TCO, the wheels > are too big. Design it out with smaller wheels! > > One cyclist's opinion. > > James Black > Los Angeles, CA -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
