On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 10:32 AM, bfd <bfd...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Whoa, what's up with the carbon bashing. Have you ever consider that > most carbon bikes don't have room for fenders and that is probably the > reason your "friends" don't ride in the rain!
I don't know why the scare quotes around the word "friends." These people are my actual friends, not my quote-unquote friends. And nothing forced them to buy bikes that don't have room for fenders. They chose to buy those bikes, when other bikes were also available. They chose to value lightness over everything else, which gives them the benefit of being able to climb faster but has the disadvantage that they can't mount 28 mm tires and fenders. So on a bright sunny day, on good pavement, they have fast bikes, but on even slightly bumpy pavement they get a rough ride on those rock-hard 23mm tires, and if the roads are a bit wet, the rock-hard 23mm tires might be slippery. We have a lot of sunny days and a lot of smooth pavement, so riders who are willing to only ride in those conditions can nevertheless get a good bit of riding in. -- -- Anne Paulson My hovercraft is full of eels -- 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.
