Until things go vertical..... On Friday, March 2, 2012, William <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > Sweating the grams on chainring bolts? That's an idiosyncrasy > Trying to get through life with ONLY ONE BICYCLE?!?!? That's a major malady > You gotta fix that situation, STAT! > > On Friday, March 2, 2012 10:00:40 AM UTC-8, Patrick Moore wrote: >> >> I have two, customized, very comfortable and lightweight bikes; >> Rivendells, as it happens, both fixed. The gofast (am debating whether >> to get it customized into a gearie analogue to the fixed commuter -- >> we'll see) is indeed fun with its sub 18 lb weight: man, there is >> nothing like pushing a 75" gear up a hill with the bike so ligh, and I >> generally ride in rolling and windy conditions. The question here is >> whether this fun will outweigh the alternative fun of a light, gearie >> commuter to complement the fixie one -- one regrets having only one >> gear when the winds gust to 40 as they have been. >> >> The fixie one weighed about 23 lb when I weighed it on a rather >> doubtful hanging scale, this with Kojaks, frame pump, lighting, rear >> rack and kit but no panniers. It sure feels fast and easy to ride >> after I get off my Fargo or the trike! >> >> The Fargo, with fenders, heavy kit bag, lighting and pump and the >> SnoCat/Big Apple wheelset weighs north of 30 lb but my scale won't go >> that high; it feels -- heavy, particularly on hills but the low gear >> makes hills feel easy. I guess that the Kojak (folding)/Sun Rhyno >> wheelset (also dynamo) saves some 3 lb at least, so with that wheelset >> I'd guess 30 lb with the heavy kitbag on the bar, again, no panniers. >> >> The fun of the tank-like Fargo is of course that I can ride it over >> everything: if my vertigo (inner ear problem leading to dizziness and >> nausea for the last couple of days) gets better, I want to go for >> another extended dirt ride in the Bosque. >> >> The trike is about 28 lb I estimate with lighting, pump but no bags or >> kit -- the kit goes in the Hoss. >> >> The Herse was a tank but felt fast, tho' hill climbing was hard to >> gauge as low gears meant that climbing felt so easy. >> >> The light bikes are ceteris paribus more fun to ride; one ceterum is >> the fit: the Rivs just fit better than the Fargo and trike (tho' the >> Herse fit as well), but leaving that aside and getting back to the >> para, they feel more nimble in accelerating and certainly when >> climbing; the also are easier to throw around, as much as one can do >> this on fixed gears, and tho' of course other factors probably trump >> here. >> >> The Rivs are also far more expensive than the others but for me, the >> extra cost is worth having the best of customization, comfort and >> light weight. >> >> To sum up my experience (over 50 years of riding, 35+ as an adult) I'd >> say that weight does matter: more than some things but not as much as >> other things. >> >> On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 9:41 AM, Patrick in VT <swing4...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > not sure i agree - lightweight, uncomfortable and uncustomizable >> > aren't tied together. I'm sure a Roadeo could build up into a very >> > comfortable, sub 20lbs bike. and light bikes are fun! don't need to >> > be a "top rider" (what is that anyway?!) to appreciate a bike that's >> > easy to push around. >> > >> >> -- >> Patrick Moore >> Albuquerque, NM >> For professional resumes, contact >> Patrick Moore, ACRW >> http://resumespecialties.com/index.html > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/pFDB4uQp0MIJ. > 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. >
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