Aha. That may explain the difference in your experience. I'm almost 30 lb heavier, and I'm pretty sure that the tubing on my customs is not as thinwall (Chauncey Matthews came by to pick up the '99 Joe Starck frame -- f/f/hs -- for alteration. He lifted it and said, "Huh. Not so light.") But damn, that bike just feels fast, and it has been surprising me in that way for coming on to 20 years next April. Light wheels, certainly, but I'm convinced that fit/position/geometry has a effect. (The '99 Joe is 18.1 lb on a digital scale with conventional parts.)
On Sat, Sep 22, 2018 at 7:13 AM, Lum Gim Fong <john11.2...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I weigh 146lbs. Have weighed from there up to 178 on my other four > previous 8/5/8 Rivs that rode great but sometimes on hills felt as if I > could not get out of my own way on the 8/5/8's, regardless of tire types. > > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
