Almost 10 years ago, I bought a 1991 Waterford Paramount frame. Besides the sexy pearly metallic red color, the most noticeable thing about the frame was its True Temper OS stickers. OS was for over-sized. I didn't understand at the time why they made such a big deal out of the OS tubes when the tube diameters seemed to match those of my Atlantis. Now nobody puts OS stickers on a bike, or advertises oversized tubes, because it's more or less the standard (to the extent that there is a standard). Many people who still use the "oversized" term are antiquarians who prefer old technology and use the term somewhat derisively. When discussing this subject, I started using the term "undersized" to turn the tables on the derision ;)
Personally, as a dude who floats between 175-200 lbs, I don't care for the feel of the old skinnier, flexier tubing. I won't say that it's unsafe, exactly, but I do find the flex to be disconcerting at times. -- 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.
