Patrick I road high end cf for ten years. Aggressive setup .. Mavic carbone wheels etc... My routine was 1000 miles early in season to get neck arms and arse ready and to be comfy. Wasn't very comfortable for first 500 or so.
Was a sweet ride at 65 mph coming down off veil pass. Had nice high end wobble on one frame in turn at just over 55 mph in Boulder ... Road RAIN 160 miles one way one day on it..seemed nice and finished just over 22 mph average. Road average of 10 to 12 centuries per year. I would avoid many roads as they were to rough ... Hated concrete roads, and had numerous flats tooling around town. Broke axles, handlebars, seat posts, and frame.. Then had to replace a frame after impact on roof rack. Manufacter indicated it could last forever or fail thus said not to ride it. Fast sprint bike and great for the 30 mile rides... I was always looking to get the ride over with. Never got on the bike to meander through the park. Burned out on going all out all the time .. It was fun for a long time.... So was my two seater Jensen Healy ... But just as I'll never go back to the Jenson, I'll also never be stuck with just a cf bike. Today I get on my bike for short rides turned long... Long rides turned short.. On just about any clothing and the roads I though were rough are actually pretty smooth. My AHH may be slower, and I miss some of the sprints, and even the bar to bar shoulder to shoulder banging all out major crash waiting to happen riding... On occasion .. Until I get on that sweet quick, smooth, fast downhill corner hugging AHH. And I don't need all those miles to be comfy.. Just get on the thing. http://www.flickr.com/photos/tksleeper/5155759637/in/set-72157625210417815 On Tuesday, August 21, 2012 3:28:33 PM UTC-5, Patrick Moore wrote: > 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/oG4tKfxT6ZUJ. 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.
