On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 8:43 AM, William <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > OK, I'll play: > > "one bike can't do it all - I've tried. " > > define can't.
Well parried. I mean, in my own case, I *do* want at least one, light, fast as possible road bike with all the qualities of top road bike handling -- and this is what rules out a heavier, heavier wheeled, slower handling bike -- can't speak of the Bombadil since I've not ridden it, but it certainly rules out the Sam Hill. I know what you mean; I tried it myself once, but gave up -- too much compromise between -- in my case -- ability to negotiate sandy soil and fast road type handling and feel. Each to his own, I guess. But I do maintain that it is not possible for me. With a Bombadil and maybe 4 sets of tires and maybe 3 > handlebar/cockpit setups, I'd argue that there is no ride under the > big umbrella of "it all' that this theoretical one bike "can't do". > In order to say that it can't, I think you'd have to bring in > qualitative stuff like my Bombadil with road tires and drop bars can't > be 23 lbs. Or that a moderate fitness level person can't keep up with > similarly fit riders on MRCBs. Or that nobody could win the Tuesday > night Crit on it. > > Don't get me wrong, I'm the last person in the world that would try to > get by with one bike, but if I did want to live in a studio apartment > and have only one bike, I bet I could have something that could cover > everything I wanted to do on a bike, and that there would be nothing > that I wanted to do on a bike that could not be done on that one > bike. > > On Aug 31, 6:26 pm, PATRICK MOORE <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Define "enough". >> >> On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 7:15 PM, Pondero <cj.spin...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > ...but can one bike do enough? >> >> > -- >> > 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 >> > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. >> >> -- >> Patrick Moore >> Albuquerque, NM >> For professional resumes, contact >> Patrick Moore, ACRW at resumespecialt...@gmail.com > > -- > 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. > > -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW at resumespecialt...@gmail.com -- 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.
