He would like that, haha! But he is a good riding buddy because he is always up for some nice midnight rides which is the only real time that is nice to ride around brooklyn in the summer I find. Like I said, he just needs to see that a bike can be both practical and "fast." It does get old when he and some other friends let me know how much thier bikes weigh. Like there is any freaking difference between 19lbs and 23lbs that you could justify spending money on CF cranks, wheels and whatnot.
On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 7:56 PM, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote: > Maybe it's time to give up on him, tell him what he wants is a top of > the line Domane with carbon wheels and tubular tires, and he should stop > wasting his time looking at heavy old steel bikes. > > On Wed, 2012-07-11 at 16:01 -0700, ted wrote: > > If he wants to try an alternative to the weight weeny race rigs, he > > should probably ease up on the frame weight goal. > > You also might point out that the frame and fork are probably about > > 1/4th (or less) of the total bike weight. > > To say an AHH is too heavy because of the frame overlooks the large > > roll components play in the all up weight of a bike. > > > > > > > > On Jul 10, 8:55 pm, Peter Morgano <uscpeter11...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I hear you Joe, I tried to sell him the 54 AHH but he kept saying it > > was > > > too heavy, he is a good friend but this whole heavy vs light > > argument does > > > get old so looking for him to take the plunge and get a nice > > practical > > > ride. He does have an older Peugeot PX10 we could convert but with > > its > > > 'racing" geometry it wont be nearly as comfortable as a nice AHH. > > Maybe a > > > decent place to start though. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 11:42 PM, Joe Bernard <joerem...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > Your friend needs to be disabused of the notion that the AHH is > > not a road > > > > bike. My Romulus was a pure 700c road bike like that Ebay Riv, and > > my AHH > > > > rode like the Romulus. Hilsen can be used for medium-load touring > > and > > > > gravel treks, but it is not a touring bike. It's a 650b road bike. > > > > > > > Joe Bernard > > > > Vallejo, CA. > > > > > > > On Tuesday, July 10, 2012 8:23:25 PM UTC-7, Peter M wrote: > > > > > > >> Good points, issue is my friend is coming out of the cold of pure > > > >> roadieism and although he has shed his praise of 23mm tires he > > still thinks > > > >> of anything not made Columbus Zona or whatnot "heavy", while > > wanting > > > >> simultanously to jump on the "650b Bandwagon." > > -- > 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.
