Popping a fresh set of wheels onto an old bike can re-juvenate that new bike "snap" that Jan mentions. I'm not worried about wearing out my Atlantis in this lifetime.
dougP On Mar 15, 4:28 pm, newenglandbike <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, one might not be able to ride one's bombadil forever, but certainly > someone or other will be able to ride it forever. It's a bike for > multiple geological ages, let alone lifetimes :) > > > > On Thursday, March 15, 2012 1:25:53 PM UTC-4, William wrote: > > > OK, that's not a direct quote. He didn't say that specifically, but in > > today's blog post, Jan *does* debunk the notion that steel frames "go > > soft" with use. They don't. You can't break in a steel bike and make it > > get more flexible for comfort and planing, and you can't wear out a steel > > frame in terms of stiffness. It doesn't get flexier with use. You might > > break it with use, but you won't make it flexier. Good read and > > uncontroversial for many of us, but definitely counter to the popular > > notion in the cycling community in general. > > >http://janheine.wordpress.com/2012/03/15/frames-going-soft/- Hide quoted > >text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
