On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 7:45 PM, Patrick in VT <psh...@drm.com> wrote:
> > On Mar 12, 5:38 pm, David Estes <cyclotour...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Patrick, what I was thinking, is why not have a Ti "country bike" racer. > > i see your point, and a Ti "country bike racer" is a step in the right > direction (although that is some serious genre-bending). > > but I would argue that a race bike with 28s (some challenge parigi- > roubaix, perhaps?) is all that is necessary to compete in a race of > this sort. no need for bigger tires than that or lower gearing than a > compact double. heck, Sandy Whittlesey, creator of D2R2, rides 25mm > tires on that course (which is almost all dirt and hilly) with a > 46/34, 11-19 seven speed cassette. > > >This bike would allow the athlete to ride with more comfort > > and less suffering, which I argue would make him/her faster. > > i'm with you up to the comma! this theory might hold up over long > distances, which is why it's so popular with BQ and the rando set, but > for distances 100 or so miles and less, I don't think it matters, > regardless of terrain. > > consider this, the top 25 in the rouge-roubaix (100 miles) finished in > about 4:30 hours. that's not much time on the bike for seasoned > racers. > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ > > I think they need to make the race longer! :-) -- 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
