Tim is sensitive about his small wheels. Whenever he visits me at the shop, I try not to stare.
On Feb 4, 8:03 am, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote: > On Wed, 2010-02-03 at 22:28 -0600, Tim McNamara wrote: > > On Feb 3, 2010, at 6:24 PM, Steve Palincsar wrote: > > > > On Wed, 2010-02-03 at 18:17 -0600, Tim McNamara wrote: > > >> I get flak about it sometimes when I am out riding my All-Rounder > > >> with 26" wheels. > > > > I can't imagine why they'd care. Can you even see that the wheels are > > > unusual? I've only really ever seen one Riv All-Arounder, I think > > > a 58 > > > cm, and it looks perfectly ordinary with nothing particular to note > > > about the wheels other than some pretty fat looking tires. > > > > What do they say? And what do you say in return? > > > "Jeez, what's with the little wheels?" "Aren't those wheels awfully > > slow?" "Small wheels have higher rolling resistance." Etc. > > > I tell them "this wheel is 14 years old and I've never had to true > > it." Then I pass them going down the next hill. > > Interesting. I've been on several rides with people riding Bike > Fridays, and I've never heard anybody make any comments other than > discussions of travel bikes, touring, high airline fees, etc. and I ride > my 650B bikes on many rides and nobody's ever said anything about a > smaller wheel size to me. However, I've ridden an AM-series Moulton on > some rides and yes, there sure were plenty of comments about that! -- 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.
