On May 9, 2013, at 11:04 AM, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery <[email protected]> wrote:
> The last time I did a brevet, I saw everything from one or two Frenchish > rando bikes of the style advocated by Jan, to numerous MMCRBs, and a strong > representation of Rivs. I tried to ride with a guy on an Atlantis, but he was > too fast for me. Even on brevets, there is no one kind of bike. The fastest > finishers don't ride one kind of bike. > > This kinda makes me wanna roll the next 200k on my moonlander, just to drive > this point home. LOL! But it's true. The most experienced randonneur that I know has done 5 or 6 PBPs and super randonneur series on a Guerciotti race bike. He puts a rear rack with a trunk bag on it, no fenders, and has a quickly installable front generator. He has never expressed a need for a bike like Renè Herse or in Alex Singer. And I've seen very experienced riders doing brevets on custom-built Chris Kvale bikes with front bags. I've seen riders on recumbent trikes and bicycles. At PBP I saw probably a dozen people riding in velomobiles, more dozens on single and tandem trikes, a handful of Moultons- and one guy on a kick scooter. I saw no Alex Singers or Rene Herses in person (this was the year Jan and Jaye rode a mid-50s Herse tandem with great success, but I never saw them) but saw some modern randonneuses built in the classic style by Berthoud and by Perrin. All of them were faster than me... I have done brevets on my Rivendell All Rounder, my Ritchey race bike, and my cyclocross bike. They all worked fine, with my Ritchey being the bike on my fastest and perhaps most comfortable brevet. If it works for you, it works for you. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
