Earlier this year the minimum was SEVEN! What happened? And even
though I would be happy with one bike... I do have three.
I would love a Fargo. And a Roadeo. And before that, I wanted a
Pugsley. And before that, a Kogswell Porteur. But I just keep riding
my Quickbeam, and my mountain bike, and my
Enough, as I imagined it, would be sufficient for a given person. In
other words, might it possible that someone might have a sufficiently
narrow use range, so that one versatile bike could satisfy?
Yeah, you're right, probably not. Not if that someone really likes
bicycles.
On Aug 31, 8:26
OK, I'll play:
one bike can't do it all - I've tried.
define can't. With a Bombadil and maybe 4 sets of tires and maybe 3
handlebar/cockpit setups, I'd argue that there is no ride under the
big umbrella of it all' that this theoretical one bike can't do.
In order to say that it can't, I think
define can't. With a Bombadil and maybe 4 sets of tires and maybe 3
handlebar/cockpit setups, I'd argue that there is no ride under the
big umbrella of it all' that this theoretical one bike can't do.
In order to say that it can't, I think you'd have to bring in
qualitative stuff like my
I've considered this subject a few times recently. I am hoping to semi-
retire next year and relocate to smaller place near the ocean, perhaps
with only a one car garage. what bike or what few bikes would I choose
to do the riding Ilike to do. I would want a lightweight fast road
bike with 28mm
On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 8:43 AM, William tapebu...@gmail.com wrote:
OK, I'll play:
one bike can't do it all - I've tried.
define can't.
Well parried. I mean, in my own case, I *do* want at least one, light,
fast as possible road bike with all the qualities of top road bike
handling -- and
Well parried.
I'm glad you took as intended, just playing with words.
I'm totally on board with the notion that there is a broad range of
ride qualities that no one bike can provide, and I think you are spot
on with tubing dimensions. I think what you'd need is a bike with a
couple dials on the
Another side of the question is whether or not you demand the the
ultimate in performance for various types of riding. If you intend to
go on the weekly racers training ride on Thurs and rock hopping on
Saturday, you need a couple of very different bicycles. OTH, if you
like friendly pavement
I'm with Joel on the competitive riding. Sometimes I feel like I
should care, but I just don't. I kind of wish I'd been the one to call
Alberto Contador that tri guy.
I have three bikes, and would be happy with just the Quickbeam. If it
was my only bike, I wouldn't switch out the cockpit, since
I'm down to a nearly all-time low of 3 bikes. What i've figured out
with the single bike notion is that, for me, the goal of having one
bike isn't worth the hassle of changing that bike for different uses.
I do switch my 'cross bike from commuter to racer and back once a
year, but i get tired of
Well, I'm at 4 (or 3 1/2 since one is a folder). And to be quite
honest, three are somewhat overlapping. Yes, I could maybe, possibly,
get by with one bike (my Sam Hillborne). But then I'd feel guilty
riding it through the slush/ice/snow of winter knowing the frame will
probably rot in about 5
The Powers that Be have just cut the statutory minimum number of
bicycles from five to four: gofast; gofast commuter (just first gofast
but with fenders, lights, rack); beater that is as close to the second
gofast as possible but much cheaper so that you actually enjoy riding
it to Costco or
...but can one bike do enough?
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Define enough.
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...but can one bike do enough?
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Patrick:
Seeing how Rene S had his Bombadil set up (with such a wide variety of
configurations) is what ultimately drew me to this bike. When I get
my hands on it, I'm going to try setting it up with 2 basic
configurations: as roadish as I can, and as beastly (ie fat-tired
monster bike) as I
Nice bike.
I have pondered which first riv to get and the Bombadil makes the top
two everytime. I know exactly the setup I want for it if I choose the
Bomba, just don't know if it will beat out the Atlantis that I have
built in my head as my first Riv.
On Aug 31, 6:56 pm, Kip Otteson
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