One more remark about CF and the modern racing bike. At Stevie's I was put to installing a wireless computer on the first high end Trek (electric Dura Ace) that I've encountered up close -- Madone? Forget. (In contrast, a 2005 Madone, in for consignment, looks practically traditional.) It annoyed the hell out of me, less because of the 1/8" clearances (literally) around the 23 mm tires than because it so obviously and conscientiously and earnestly hit all the current marketing check-off boxes: shaped "tubing": check. Billboard graphics: check. Integrated headset: check. Hugely built bb area: check. Large diameter anatomical bar: check. 11 speed: check.
Very light, and, at least on the stand, the electric shifting was fun to play with -- whirr, grind, clack! -- but it was very, very odd to see it built with platform pedals and with a clamp-on rack with trunk attached to the CF seatpost. Seems the old guy who brought it in (my gawd! he must have been 60!!!!) had received it from someone who had to give up cycling. But he (og) said he loved it. I almost disgraced myself by carelessly making snide and snickering remarks about it, unaware that the owner was standing at the doorway -- fortunately, he seemed not to hear or else did a very good job of pretending he hadn't. -- 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.
