My son grew up riding and even racing on steel frames, but wont go near one now. He says they build airplanes out of Al. and CF, so that's strong enough for him. At some point it may dawn on him that it makes little difference whether it takes him 30 or 32 minutes to get up a mountain, but he's not there yet.
Michael On Nov 27, 3:26 am, Marty <mgie...@mac.com> wrote: > Way to go Seth. BTW, I may be your long-lost 64cm brother! > > Marty > > On Nov 27, 12:11 am, Seth Vidal <skvi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Home for thanksgiving and I brought the atlantis with me. My brother > > (an aluminum and plastic-bike person) who I have been trying to > > convince of the virtues of steel and the rivendell-fit-advantages got > > to try out the atlantis. He was rather impressed. He took it out for a > > short ride, came back and said "I get it, I get what you were saying > > about steel riding smoother, this is crazy how nice this is". We did > > some short section up and down hills and he said "It's weird, on my > > other bikes downhill rides feel so much more twitchy". Riding an > > aluminum bike side by side he was impressed with how stable and yet > > responsive the atlantis felt. He was shocked by how the sizing felt > > right despite being 3-4cm larger than a bike he normally rides. > > > It was nice to see him so obviously pleased with the bike. Thank you > > rivendell for good sizing and sensible choices. > > > He's getting a used romulus I recently bought from a list member for a > > solstice/birthday present, so I'm especially glad he liked it :) > > > -sv- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- 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-bu...@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.
