Bruce and Patrick. Probably won't sell right now. Winter blahs are in full force. Was also being snarky. Or reverse snob. Wider is always better to some. And a Moonlander definitely has a different ride feel than a bike with 42mm Grand Bois tires, at least from my test rides of both.
As person who now has the Trek, 'am glad she has a bike she likes. Had a modern Trek in the past and it was an adequate bike. (It was actually the same model reviewed in an early BQ.) Eric Platt St. Paul, MN On Sun, Feb 2, 2014 at 3:11 PM, Steve Palincsar <[email protected]> wrote: > On 02/02/2014 01:00 PM, James Warren wrote: > >> If he told the her that a road triple (50x40x30 in the front) often has >> some trouble working well with brifters and she'd be better off with a >> compact double with its 34F x 28R low, then so far, not such bad advice. >> But that doesn't complete the story. Lower gears than that are still >> possible (on a "road" bike) in a way that does NOT lead to mechanical >> headaches. We all know. Shouldn't they? They work in bikes. I don't. >> > > The word is increasingly getting out. I'm seeing more and more cassettes > with 36T large sprockets mated to compact doubles on the bikes my friends > 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 [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
