"Well parried." I'm glad you took as intended, just playing with words.
I'm totally on board with the notion that there is a broad range of ride qualities that no one bike can provide, and I think you are spot on with tubing dimensions. I think what you'd need is a bike with a couple dials on the handlebars that can adjust the diameter and wall thickness of your frame tubing. Build me a bike with that feature, and that bike could 'do it all' for me. On Sep 1, 9:03 am, PATRICK MOORE <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > > 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.
