> Those who design bicycles would be urged to consider customers like > myself, recognize that TCO is an offense (however significant), and > deal with it proactively, either by eliminating it, or acknowledging > that it is a necessary evil (however significant) to be tolerated.
Isn't that what Grant says in his post? It is not like he designs a bike hoping for TCO. He says there are many considerations in a bike design, and sometimes other considerations trump avoiding some TCO. On Feb 3, 11:37 am, james black <chocot...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 22:32, Tim McNamara <tim...@bitstream.net> wrote: > > I think there are a number of us who want our cake and get to eat it too: > > sporty fast geometry with 45 mm tires, full fenders and no TCO. I'd say > > "pick two." Some enchiladas can't be readily served whole. > > What we're talking about is a matter of how much value to place on > various attributes. I understand that many of you will come to a > reasoned point of view that the drawbacks of going to a smaller wheel > size outweigh the benefits of eliminating TCO. Nearly every bike > company makes some bikes with TCO. But there are also many cyclists > who share my point of view that the benefits of the larger diameter > wheel do not outweigh the disadvantage of TCO. > > Those who design bicycles would be urged to consider customers like > myself, recognize that TCO is an offense (however significant), and > deal with it proactively, either by eliminating it, or acknowledging > that it is a necessary evil (however significant) to be tolerated. I > am mildly annoyed and feel vaguely insulted by the point of view I > sometimes encounter that TCO is an imaginary problem, or that I'm some > kind of dimwit because it bothers me. There are other cyclists > (customers) like me - bike designers should be attentive to this fact. > > 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.
