Of course my impression is subjective. Completely so. I was thinking about purchasing a Serotta a few years back. Even went and had a bike fitting. The Serotta frames were beautiful. I loved them.
When I asked if I could have one built to take fenders, the shop guy looked like he had pooh on his shoes. Why would you want fenders? So objective/subjective is tricky business. The idea of fenders, and tires that aren't anorexic, seems rather normal and practical to me, but was completely foreign to the shop guy (who was a seriously strong rider). In the end it all worked out. An Atlantis found me. I do wish the Roadeo took 38s. My son has a mid-80s 56 cm. Trek 613 that runs 700x36s. It's tight, but I really like his bike. I put an Ultegra level group on the frame. There's something about larger wheels that works. When they spin up you have momentum. Do I need cush... not so much, I'm 155 pounds, so everything tire-wise over 32 works fine. Mostly, I like wider tires because they handle crappy roads better, On Tuesday, September 22, 2015 at 12:29:36 AM UTC-5, pb wrote: > > On Monday, September 21, 2015 at 7:08:40 PM UTC-7, Will wrote: >> >> This is so true. I test rode a 7 Ti with all the high end stuff ... It >> was way less fun than my Atlantis with the old school drive train. >> > > Hmmmm. Could you define "fun"? Seriously. I'd posit that your > conclusion is utterly subjective, not objective. > > That comment comes from someone who owns a Merlin Agilis ti, a Schwinn > Paramount/Serotta ti, a Hampsten/Eriksen custom ti, a "Seven ti with all > the high end stuff" (used to be mine, but now built up for my wife), and > two Rivs, among a few others. They all have their place, and they all have > their fun. More fun? Way less fun? I can't agree. > > Actually, although for years I absolutely loved tough climbing rides on > it, and although it has a fantastic rear end, the Merlin is a bit too fast > in the front end for me nowadays, and therein lies subjectivity. > > ~pb > (Yeah, I'm kind'a tempted by the Rodeo. I bet it would be fun.) > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
