On Jan 18, 2009, at 7:26 AM, EricP wrote: > If Bicycle Quarterly is any indication the trend in go fast seems to > be more for bikes with non-oversized tubing.
Well, it's perhaps a trend among bike builders wishing to market bikes to Jan's readers. There is a tendency to take anything published in a magazine as fact, and readers of BQ; Jan's writing is charismatic and he tends to express his preferences frequently. Those are worth evaluating through personal experimentation, but these sorts of things tend to become dogmatic. I'm not going there myself, since my best riding and "fastest" bikes have all had OS frame tubes. I remember riding standard tube frames in the 70s and 80s, listening to the derailleur rub and thinking "jeez, that's annoying," with the added benefits of ghost shifting. Jan is tall and whippet-thin, I am tall and more black lab-like (and a black lab getting too much kibble, at that). What he finds preferable, I may not. Someone else, on the other hand, might find Jan's preferences perfect for them. My preferences trend more toward Grant's- OS tubes, moderate trail, carry most of the load on the back of the bike (except a small handlebar bag on brevets), etc. More the English than French style. Although I want the finished product to look like those beautifully integrated classic randonneuses from Rene Herse, Alex Singer, etc. Jeez, what gorgeous bikes. That's where Jan and BQ has really rubbed off on me- the aesthetics. Speaking of aesthetics, I was just looking at the AHH and Legolas on the Rivendell web site and those are nicely proportioned bikes. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
