I can't believe no one has mentioned this yet. Lugs. You can try to spec a CF frame to duplicate a Rivendell all you want, but you're still not gonna get pretty lugs and contrasting creme panels. No CF for me..I'd miss the lugs, and I don't trust that thin plastic. I watch a lot of Formula One auto racing, and I've seen a lot of CF cars wreck: that stuff snaps into lethal shards. Nuh uh. Joe Bernard Vallejo, CA.
On Monday, July 2, 2012 9:07:45 PM UTC-7, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery wrote: > I agree with Steve, and share his wholehearted disinterest in CF. > > Riding a bike, for me, has nothing to do with eking out every milligram of > performance. A customer lady asked me last week if I was a "racer". My > response was an entirely unplanned and unrehearsed: "Nope, I ride my bike > for transportation, recreation, and adventure." I think that about sums it > up. Because these endeavors usually don't benefit much, if any, from a > couple pounds either way, CF holds no appeal for me. If it happens someday > that CF frames become as tough and versatile and inexpensive as a Surly > Cross-Check, I might reconsider, but then again, why bother? > > > > On Monday, July 2, 2012 3:02:53 PM UTC-5, Steve Palincsar wrote: >> >> On Mon, 2012-07-02 at 12:59 -0700, Garth wrote: >> > >> > I wonder .... if everyone had the choice of their favorite Riv frame >> > with the exact same dimensions, in both steel and CF for about the >> > same price .... which would you choose ? >> >> Steel, without question. I have no interest whatever in carbon fiber. >> >> >> >> -- 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/-/tBeatSAafZYJ. 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.
