On Feb 4, 2010, at 8:03 AM, Steve Palincsar wrote:
On Wed, 2010-02-03 at 22:28 -0600, Tim McNamara wrote:
On Feb 3, 2010, at 6:24 PM, Steve Palincsar wrote:
On Wed, 2010-02-03 at 18:17 -0600, Tim McNamara wrote:
I get flak about it sometimes when I am out riding my All-Rounder
with 26" wheels.
I can't imagine why they'd care. Can you even see that the
wheels are
unusual? I've only really ever seen one Riv All-Arounder, I think
a 58
cm, and it looks perfectly ordinary with nothing particular to note
about the wheels other than some pretty fat looking tires.
What do they say? And what do you say in return?
"Jeez, what's with the little wheels?" "Aren't those wheels awfully
slow?" "Small wheels have higher rolling resistance." Etc.
I tell them "this wheel is 14 years old and I've never had to true
it." Then I pass them going down the next hill.
Interesting. I've been on several rides with people riding Bike
Fridays, and I've never heard anybody make any comments other than
discussions of travel bikes, touring, high airline fees, etc. and I
ride
my 650B bikes on many rides and nobody's ever said anything about a
smaller wheel size to me. However, I've ridden an AM-series
Moulton on
some rides and yes, there sure were plenty of comments about that!
Another interesting bit is that I only get comments if the fenders
are off the A/R; with fenders on, no one seems to notice the smaller
wheels. And another factor is that I used to ride the A/R on racing
club rides. Most of the group rides I go on now are with people who
get the Rivendell thing (and are often riding various Riv products
themselves) so I don't get specious comments from them!
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