I recently came to that awareness after I completed restoring my Italian (Vittorio Malagnini) race bike with sew-ups. A few pounds really makes a difference in a climb even for an old guy (71) like me. Try it - you'll like it. BTW, a computer would be out of place on this classic.
On Feb 15, 12:41 pm, PATRICK MOORE <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > I just got back from a nice if brief-ish 1 hour ride on the '99 Riv > gofast, newly equipped with pretty Phil front hub (I have decided not > to replace the computer -- just yet, anyway, but I guesstimate that I > covered, easily, 23 miles over rolling, mostly suburban terrain). > Anyway, I deliberately went out of my way to climb some steepish, 1/2 > mile long hills, mostly standing in the 75" gear, and blow me down, if > I sped up those hills like ... like .... like ... Oh! Like Bartali, > shifting into a *higher* gear at the bottom of a steep climb, turning > with a sneer and glare at his competition, and leaving them in his > dust. Sortof. > > Anyway, the difference between this gofast that, now, without a > computer, weighs a featherlite 17 3/4 lb, and the almost identical but > built as a commuter '03, is about 5 lb, and I certainly can tell the > difference on the hills. > > Just so you know. > > -- > 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-bunch@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.
