Well said my friend and this is what I failed to say earlier. Unless you're racing for the rent money, it is completely and totally about how you feel. If you are 1/2 slower on a metric century, but had a great time, that's what counts.
Speaking of Jan, whom I really respect, but nonetheless, he says rando's aren't racing but that's what they are doing. I stopped racing waaaay back in '92-it was time. It took a while to get it out of my blood. I still like going fast, but when I ride a century or a double metric, I make sure there is a lot of fun mixed in. If I want to snap a pic I do it. Were are all going to end up in the same place eventually. Think it will matter who got there first? (just a litl joke!). On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 1:31 PM, Noel <[email protected]> wrote: > A one pound weight difference in a frame actually indicates a fairly > significant difference in tubing thickness. Speaking only for myself, > significant differences in tubing thicknesses make for significant > differences in ride quality. > > Now, I don't exactly agree with Jan's "planing" hypothesis, and I > don't feel I'm any faster or slower on bikes with thicker or thinner > tubing, but I do indeed prefer the "feel" (how's that for an objective > measurement?) of thinner wall tubing. Heavy gauge tubing (meaning > anything over .9/.7/.9) of standard diameter and *any* gauge OS tubing > feels wooden and dead to me - "thudding" is a pretty good > description, IMO. I personally find that a mix of .8/.5/.8 and . > 9/.7/.9 standard diameter makes for a lively frame - and I'm 200 > pounds on a 63 cm. frame. > > Weight? Don't know and don't care. If I wanted light I'd by a Madone. > All I care about is ride quality, and I agree that Grant/Riv are > building frames out of such heavy tubing that ride quality suffers - > even with my beloved Grand Bois Hetres. Thankfully, enough people > disagree with me that Rivendell is able to keep its doors open! > > Noel > Orange County, 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 [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.
