Why do you suppose crabon forks are designed with such tight clearances? It seems like they could build them w/ clearance for 28mm tires pretty easily but choose not to.
On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 6:12 PM, Bill M. <bmenn...@comcast.net> wrote: > Why do you assume that everyone around him tried to convince him to > use carbon? Or that it was a matter of not trusting a carbon fork? > Plenty of carbon forks survived the cobbles just fine. I suspect he > wanted to use a fatter tire than would fit in any of the carbon forks > that the team had handy, so they used what was available to do the > job. > > Bill > > On Apr 15, 9:55 am, cm <chrispmur...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > I think what is amazing about the lugged steel fork used in PR is that > > he is professional cyclist with access to any fork he wants and he > > elected to use steel? I think that is scary for two reasons, first b/c > > it makes it seem like he doesnt trust the carbon fork for even one > > race (i am sure he could have a new one for the next race), and > > second, the cobbles at PR prob represent a more accurate picture of > > what the non-racer experiences over a bikes lifetime. > > > > I find it shocking that the team mechanics, sponsors, and other riders > > couldn't/ didn't convince him to use carbon. That may be the weirdest > > part. > > > > Cheers! > > cm > > -- > 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<rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- Cheers, David Redlands, CA "Bicycling is a big part of the future. It has to be. There is something wrong with a society that drives a car to workout in a gym." ~Bill Nye, scientist guy -- 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.
