http://www.boston.com/yourtown/news/brookline/2012/08/on_biking_just_ride_urges_less.html
8/15. "Petersen says professional bike racing has corrupted a beautiful thing." -- There is some truth to that, with racing driving recent hyperactive hard-sell marketing, but man, old, steel racing bikes from the '60s through the early '80s? Some of those were wonderful bikes! Can you ride a modern carbon fiber bike in other than full race mode? In other words: I've read several reviews of CF race bikes that describe them as unrewarding to ride except at high power. Are all CF racing bikes -- or, tout court, bikes -- like this? (I realize that that is a matter of design, no material.) Does anyone ride and really like a CF bike? I'd be curious to learn about it: make, model, setup, ride qualities -- handling, comfort, acceleration and so forth. I do know they are fun to heft -- remember hefting a ~12 lb Calfee fixie! -- "When in Rome, do as they done in Milledgeville." Flannery O'Connor ------------------------- Patrick Moore, Albuquerque, NM, USA For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW http://resumespecialties.com/index.html ------------------------- -- 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.
