Nice! How was the weather, where did you do this/ On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 7:36 PM, Bruce <[email protected]> wrote:
> I just did a Metric on my Saluki today. I'm under 150 lbs and have never > felt the bike was a thudder, just that it was comfortable. Yes, slower than > the Road Standard is, but not by much. Today's ride was mostly on coarse > pavement and some dirt logging roads. The bike was great. I drank the > Kool-Aid today, when for the first time after a couple of years of owning > the bike, I DE-flated the tires down to 50 PSI. Wow, how nice! And not > sluggish at all on these kinds of surfaces. Bike feel comes from a lot of > places. Wheels, tires, handlebars/wraps, saddles. Not just frame tubing, > although I certainly don't discount that. > > Bruce > > > > on 11/20/10 6:36 AM, rb at > [email protected]<http://mc/[email protected]>wrote: > > > I completely agree re Riv moving towards bikes being built for riders > > of 190lbs and up. At 165 lbs, I felt my (former) Saluki was just on > > the verge of too heavily built, not re the actual weight of it, but of > > a slightly thudding ride. > > > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
