Steve, listen: the crabon wunder might well be hell on a century, slow or not. That's not the point. The point is, for a fast 25 mile ride it might be quite fun; in fact, in certain ways, MORE fun than a 30 lb bike for that fast 25 mile ride. That's all. Over 'n' out.
Patrick "and let's not even begin to talk about slow 25 mile rides" Moore On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 1:54 PM, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote: > On Fri, 2011-03-18 at 13:32 -0600, PATRICK MOORE wrote: > > Unfair; different uses, different feels. A light gofast may well not > > be the bike to take on long, slow rides. And ad contram, too. > > I never said "long, slow rides" -- I said in addition to your brisk 25 > mile hill ride, take that carbon race bike on a century. Ride it at > whatever speed you like to ride a century. In my experience, comfort > really starts to matter when the distance goes up, and 100 miles is just > about long enough to qualify as a "long" distance. > > > > > > > On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 1:15 PM, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> > > wrote: > > On Thu, 2011-03-17 at 23:41 -0700, pb wrote: > > > Stop by your local "pro" shop. Borrow something along the > > lines of a > > > Cervelo R3 or a some Specialized S-Works or a Moots Vamoots > > or some > > > such. Take it out for a brisk 25 miles of hills. That may > > be a short > > > cut to the answer you seek. Let us know *your* conclusions. > > > > To be fair, also take it on a 100 mile ride out in the country > > somewhere, where you can ride all day and not get off of > > chipseal. > > > > > > > > > > -- > > 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. > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Patrick Moore > > Albuquerque, NM > > For professional resumes, contact > > Patrick Moore, ACRW at patrickmo...@resumespecialties.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. > > -- > 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. > > -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW at patrickmo...@resumespecialties.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.
