A wise man with the initials GP once wrote (well, actually, he's written it a few times):
"Compliment other people's bikes, especially if they're new." --Eric campyonly...@me.com www.campyonly.com www.wheelsnorth.org Blog: http://campyonlyguy.blogspot.com Twitter: @campyonlyguy On Feb 1, 2014, at 7:36 PM, Patrick Moore <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > One more remark: last summer, an older gent brought in a Specialize Roubaix > Di2 in for a computer. It was rigged with cheap rattrap pedals and (on the > carbon fiber post) a cheap post-mounted rack with a cheap rack bag. I sneered > and snickered only to learn that the rider "loved it" and, two, that it had > been given him by the original buyer who, thanks to progressing neurological > disease, could no longer ride -- anything. I felt bad, as I should have. > After all, the recipient (in his own words) "loved it". > > > On Sat, Feb 1, 2014 at 8:29 PM, Patrick Moore <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > I was at first going to say of this woman's purchase, "she was sold a bill of > goods" and perhaps she was; our entire way of life consists largely in "being > sold a bill of goods" by one interest group or another -- their interest > instead of ours. (Rivendell, on the other hand, seems to me to really have > the cyclist's interest, as understood by Grant, at heart.) I do hate the > garbage that is spewed to sell bikes, in particular, regardless of the > buyer's best interests. Still, perhaps the Domane will suit her. Do we know > it won't? > > At least she is on a road bike, and I for one see room for many more road > bike types than just the Sam Hill. Perhaps she'll enjoy it? After all, Trek > sells a huge number of bikes and not all their buyers can possibly be unhappy > dupes, right? > > Nod to other posts: Saddle setback. There is an ideal saddle setback (ie, > compared to the bb shell) for each rider that is entirely, nay existentially, > independent of anything else about the bike, and the rest of the bike has to > be designed, or adapted, to compensate for any other variable that is not > ideal once this saddle position is in place. > > Top tube length: Given this axiomatic truth, top tube length really does > matter, taking into account seat tube angle and desired type and height of > bar. > > On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 11:01 PM, Anne Paulson <anne.paul...@gmail.com> wrote: > She bought a carbon Trek Domane, because of course she did. > > Interestingly, the Domane is billed as a bike for rough rides and > gravel. And it is spec'ed with, I am not making this up, 700 x 25 > tires. Because when you're riding off road, you absolutely want to be > riding 25mm tires. I believe the bike allows enormously huge 28mm > tires too. > > -- > -- Anne Paulson > > It isn't a contest. Enjoy the ride. > > -- > 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. > > > > -- > Albuquerque, NM, USA > > Resumes, LinkedIn Profiles, and Letters that get interviews. > http://www.resumespecialties.com/ > > > > > -- > Albuquerque, NM, USA > > Resumes, LinkedIn Profiles, and Letters that get interviews. > http://www.resumespecialties.com/ > > > -- > 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. -- 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.
