If his Crossroads is anything like the early '90s Crossroads Cruz that I had (I expect mine was simply a slightly later version), the he is perfectly right: all you do need for short, occasional rides is a Crossroads. At that level, you escape the obvious faults of really cheap bikes and get decent wheels, tires and workable components (my bottom end Shimano group had some plastic but for occasional use it was fine). You can't argue with him (at least, you can't argue with him and win).
OTOH, if he were to start riding more, then ... On Sun, Apr 4, 2010 at 8:36 AM, Buck <[email protected]> wrote: > I go visit my friend, RIck, on Cape Cod. He never rides, but we're > gonna ride the Cape Cod bike trail just for fun. He drags an old > Specialized Crossroads out of the garage. It's maybe early/mid 90's > and a hybrid-y kind of thing. I have my Atlantis. Rick is very > mechanical (think cars, boats, motorcycles) and very handy (rebuilt > much of his house). He's oohing and ahhing over the Atlantis. Asks me > what I like about it. I tell him how comfy it is. Bars a little higher > than the seat, long wheelbase, large triangle, etc. With his bike next > to mine, the frame triangles are noticeably different. So I'm barking > about his small tubes and all that stuff. While we're talking, he > takes a tape measure off his belt... > > Despite the obvious difference in tube lengths, our wheelbases are > almost identical (we're both the same height). His seat is the same > height as mine (though his top tube is much lower). His bars are > actually about the same height. The seat to pedal distance is about > the same. In other words, the frame sizes are radically different... > his seat tube extends way more than mine and his stem is taller, but > hey, sitting on our bikes is pretty much identical. > > I can recite all the coefficient of linear plentitudes and cosines of > the primary hypotenuse stuff, but beyond the theory, he was looking at > me like hey, I l-o-v-e your Atlantis, but tell me again why... if I'm > not riding across Nepal... your Atlantis is better than my $75 > craigslist special if we're just going for a ride?? > > I had a great $1000 answer. Because the Atlantis is sooooo cool. But I > didn't have a good $2500-3000 answer. > > -- > 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]<rbw-owners-bunch%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW at [email protected] (505) 227-0523 -- 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.
