Those of us, like myself, who can afford more than one bike, often prefer to have bikes optimized around specific kinds of riding. In that case a "go fast" road bike - one designed for centuries or shorter rides without carrying a lot of gear, and with nimble road manners makes a lot of sense.
I still have and ride a custom 1988 ,full campy, tubular tired, Marinoni stage racing bike. This bike is built out of standard guage Columbus tubing and sports a World Championship heritage. I also have a Ram, outfitted with RP tires, Honjo fenders, and a small Carradice bag. Theses bike have amazingly similar rides. The Ram is a little more stable, less quick handling, but it climbs, descends and responds much like the Marinoni. So I'm skeptical of the argument that standard guage bikes plane better than OS tubing ones. Maybe for a 145 lb rider, but not for a 175 lb rider. I have a standard guage early Trek which planes nicely too, as does my OS Ebisu All Purpose. My winter and off road bike - a Soma Dble X definitely bogs down going uphill. Whatever causes a bike frame to respond to rider input is something other than just tubing dimension. I suspect overly stiff tubes as the culprit. Bottom line, the Ram, with OS tubing and nimble geometry serves a unique and joyful purpose. I hope Grant decides to bring it back so more people can discover what fun it is to ride this bike. On Jan 18, 12:10 pm, "Lisa -S.H." <harmo...@fairpoint.net> wrote: > I don't think it's accurate or fair to categorize those who ride 25c > tires and like to (or would like to) ride fast(er) as either a "roadie" > or a "weight weenie". Heck, I found my original 38c tires were > overkill for me, and I like to ride both slow AND fast. (though > admittedly my 'fast' is probably equivalent to most other people's > 'slow') ;) > Just my two cents. > Lisa --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
