Re: [RBW] Re: Was: Re: Simple One; Now: Stout bike tubing, threat or menace?

2010-11-21 Thread robert zeidler
Having been once totally knocked off the road by a teen driver about 17 years ago, the answer isabsolutely!!! On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 12:05 PM, Jeremy Till wrote: > Is that the cyclists' version of the old pilots' adage, "any landing > you can walk away from..."? > > On Nov 21, 6:58 am, robe

Re: [RBW] Re: Was: Re: Simple One; Now: Stout bike tubing, threat or menace?

2010-11-21 Thread Steve Palincsar
On Sun, 2010-11-21 at 09:05 -0800, Jeremy Till wrote: > Is that the cyclists' version of the old pilots' adage, "any landing > you can walk away from..."? That's pretty much what I said about the crash I had on Wednesday. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google G

[RBW] Re: Was: Re: Simple One; Now: Stout bike tubing, threat or menace?

2010-11-21 Thread Jeremy Till
Is that the cyclists' version of the old pilots' adage, "any landing you can walk away from..."? On Nov 21, 6:58 am, robert zeidler wrote: > ...and that any ride you come back from alive is a good ride! > > On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 11:51 PM, cyclotourist wrote: > > > I did a quite scientific study

[RBW] Re: Was: Re: Simple One; Now: Stout bike tubing, threat or menace?

2010-11-20 Thread charlie
Nice blog = ) .. it somewhat supports my unscientific testing over the last few years on numerous rides of varying length. My findingsa light wheeled, light (21 pound) vintage race bike accelerates fast, my recumbent accelerates slower but cruises faster over flat and rolling terrain r