Ha! "Ordinary cyclists" call for the wife to bring the SUV, then drop the bike off at the bike shop.
On Feb 18, 12:56 pm, palin...@his.com wrote: > Quoting David Estes <cyclotour...@gmail.com>: > > > > > 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! > > Make them change their own flats! That would make racing far more > interesting, I think. It would be interesting to see how they decided > between low rolling resistance and greater flat resistance. It'd also > be fun to watch them pumping up their own tires. Who says that's not > a valid cycling skill? And it's very much something ordinary > cyclists must be proficient in. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
