On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 8:18 PM, David Estes <cyclotour...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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 > BTW, if you don't know, this is the way to watch the Tour: http://tracker.amgentourofcalifornia.com/ Good stuff even if 2/3 of it is watching a couple guys talk about what happened yesterday and postulating on what might be happening today if they had video and race radio up and running! -- 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
