On Aug 18, 2010, at 6:33 PM, Steve Palincsar wrote:
On Wed, 2010-08-18 at 18:24 -0500, Tim McNamara wrote:
To me, the real question is, other than styling and the whole
fantasy
wannabee pro racer let's play pretend, what real advantage does
something like a Madone give you for precisely that kind of riding
over a racing bike that Eddy Merckx might have ridden?
Similar questions can be fairly asked about mountain bikes,
randonneur bikes, fixed gear bikes, 29ers, country bikes, etc. It's
just a matter of preferences.
Not quite sure what you mean, but I would have no difficulty finding a
real advantage for certain kinds of riding comparing a mountain bike
with a 1972 road racer, never mind a Madone; and I could easily
show you
how a randonneur bike might provide you with advantages in certain
situations compared to a Madone.
It's not just preferences, it is also a matter of some tools being
more
suitable for certain jobs and certain users than others. For the
particular users in the original discussion, I'm not sure I would find
many, or even any, meaningful advantage in a Madone vs a 1972 road
racer, and I could easily find some situations where the 1972 road
racer
would be superior due to its greater versatility (because of its
greater
clearances and its ability to mount fenders)
And some find a real advantage in the Madone- you might not, but they
do. Horses for courses. It's not really any business of mine what
someone else wants to ride, I figure. My choices in bikes are what I
think is best for me (and, given the mailing list in which I
participate, you can guess pretty accurately what my preferences
are. I got no Madones.).
You will recall, in the original posting, bfd's friends wanted Madones
so they could be "just like the pros" because whatever the pros use
must
be best for them. My point has been all along that "it ain't
necessarily so."
And it ain't necessarily so that it ain't necessarily so. ;-)
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