On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 11:04 AM, Chris <fourf...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Feb 17, 7:52 am, Mike <mjawn...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Feb 17, 6:29 am, clyde canter <clyde.can...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Anyone following the Tour of California? It's been amazing to hear > > about how many "mechanicals" riders are having due to the weather (I > > guess). These are bikes that are maintained by professional mechanics > > and they're crapping out in the neutral zone of a race? Yeah, go for > > it, I'm sure electronic shifting will work much better. > > Are most of these "mechanicals" not flat tires?
> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ > LOADS of flats in the race so far. Hincappie had one (in the Prologue??), and I both believe Armstrong and Landis had them as well. I wonder if specing slightly tougher tires would have helped things? A slight loss of efficiency vs. not having to change a wheel??? Ruffy Tuffies for all! -- Cheers, David Redlands, CA --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---