I'd love to have a titanium Rivendell gofast bike! Tires, wheels, position, frame responsiveness, more or less in that order ...
On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 12:07 PM, CycloFiend <[email protected]>wrote: > > on 4/18/09 9:49 AM, Phil B at [email protected] wrote: > > > Having said that, I've got one (out of 4) bikes that consistently > > shaves time off my usual routes. It's got Roly Polly rubber and a > > Brooks saddle but that just about ends the Riv influence other than > > possibly riding position and comfort. I don't even want to go there > > with this post - but, well, ...it's titanium. Sorry. I know that > > crosses the line for a lot of readers-of riv. But with the advent of > > carbon a lot of the racy set are abandoning their old metal bikes, and > > I couldn't resist. What I think though is the designer, Tom Kellog, > > could do a great job with any material. He just knows the ti, that's > > all. > > Actually, in the spectrum of things, Ti probably makes more sense than > carbon. It fails better, more visibly and allows a frame to be made with > reasonably sized and shaped tubing. > > Light on the environment, it is not. (And I'm not saying that other > mining/refining processes _are_....). As we see in the Book of 1994, > beginning on page 51, by Jennifer Ackermann: > > http://sheldonbrown.com/bridgestone/1994/pages/51.htm > > - J > > -- > Jim Edgar > [email protected] > > Cyclofiend Bicycle Photo Galleries - http://www.cyclofiend.com > Current Classics - Cross Bikes > Singlespeed - Working Bikes > > Your Photos are needed! - http://www.cyclofiend.com/guidelines > > > "I thought the idea was to waste the rest of our lives together.." > -- Cyril, "Breaking Away" > > > > > > > -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM Professional Resumes. Contact [email protected] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
