Jan, thanks for the context. The Marks rack would look a bit cobbled on a $12,000 carbon bike.
On Wednesday, October 2, 2013 10:13:59 AM UTC-5, Leslie wrote: > > On Wednesday, October 2, 2013 10:36:41 AM UTC-4, Jan Heine wrote: >> >> Consider that we are talking about a full-custom carbon bike that weighs >> only 21 pounds with 650B tires and lights and costs $ 11,600. In that >> context, Mark's rack seemed out of place. I'd rather replace the carbon >> stem with an aluminum one, and spend the savings on a custom rack. >> >> A photo of the bike is here: >> >> http://www.bikequarterly.com/current_issue.html >> >> Jan Heine >> Editor >> Bicycle Quarterly >> http://www.bikequarterly.com >> >> Follow our blog at http://janheine.wordpress.com/ >> > > > Thanks Jan; > > Seems like, if it's a full custom bike, and you're going w/ carbon fiber, > shouldn't you have a carbon fiber rack? Not that I've heard of such, > but.... if you're going custom.... > > FWIW... > > > -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
