On Tuesday 30 January 2024 at 8:18:42 am UTC+11 mathiass...@gmail.com wrote:
With all respect to Mr. Weiss, the logical material for racy/roady types is
aluminum, not steel.
Nearly as light as carbon, significantly more robust, cheaper, and has the
modern look and feel.
Yes, I've shifted
Love it. I literally laughed out loud at the *" Have you looked at a
Pinarello Dogma lately? It looks like it’s melting." *Hahaha
On Monday, January 29, 2024 at 3:56:01 PM UTC-8 rmro...@gmail.com wrote:
> I might argue that he is mainstream. Of all the cyclist there are, how
> many actually
I might argue that he is mainstream. Of all the cyclist there are, how many actually race? His take is at the very least, interesting. Sent from my iPhoneOn Jan 29, 2024, at 4:00 PM, DavidP wrote:I may have had a similar reaction when the article first came up in my feed but then I saw the
Bike Snob owns a Homer and a Platypus, and his wife has a Clem. I often see
his Homer locked up.
His blog, along with his endless praise for his Platypus, convinced me to
finally purchase one last year.
He's also praised step-thru bicycles in a past article
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Behalf Of Mathias Steiner
Sent: Monday, January 29, 2024 3:19 PM
To: RBW Owners Bunch
Subject: [RBW] Re: Mainstream press article pushing steel bike?
With all respect to Mr. Weiss, the logical material for racy/roady types is
aluminum, not steel.
Nearly as light as carbon
With all respect to Mr. Weiss, the logical material for racy/roady types is
aluminum, not steel.
Nearly as light as carbon, significantly more robust, cheaper, and has the
modern look and feel.
It's a long way from a carbon Trek to a steel bike -- and whose steel bike
do you buy? It'd have
I may have had a similar reaction when the article first came up in my feed
but then I saw the byline.
This is Eben Weiss, BikeSnobNYC. He's a regular contributor to Outside but
he is in no way a mainstream cyclist (more Riv/Bob-ish) and his articles
stand out as a bit different to most of what
