Agree. The bikes at nahmbs are "show bikes," they're suppose to be outrageous. Last year in Sacramento, a friend and I were looking at Shamrock's "urban" bike. It drew all the oohs and ahhs, yet we couldn't see anybody really using it, at least on a practical basis. The racks had in-laid with 3 or 4 types of fancy polished wood panels. Nice, but you really couldn't use it without scratching the wood and basically ruining it. The paint is beautiful, but you will cry when it gets scratched. Also, it looked heavy. We couldn't touch it, but hopefully it had some low gearing or the purchase lives in the flatlands. Here's a link: http://www.cycleexif.com/shamrock-cycles-urban-bike Nahmbs is always a good time for bike porn and those of us addicted to bikes. Its like going to a car show and oogling at the Ferraris, Lamborginis and other fancy dancy cars. So, if Rob English builds a fancy TT bike and it wins, then I say that's great. I'll never ride one, especially with his set up - seat is 7 inches higher than bars - but it is interesting. Good Luck!
On Monday, March 4, 2013 5:43:08 AM UTC-8, Matthew J wrote: > Precisely. At big auto shows inevitably there is a Lamborghini or other > such terribly expensive and impractical machine lurking among the Malibus > and Accords drawing oohs and ahhs from people who would never buy such an > exotic even if they had the spare cash. Bike show need not be any > different. > > On Sunday, March 3, 2013 10:09:16 PM UTC-6, Philip Williamson wrote: > >> "Oh no you didn't!" ;^) >> That's a time trial bike. Its an F1 racing machine. The builder is one of >> the top engineers building bikes. He paints them. He races them to >> championships. He includes beautiful details, and machines the parts he >> designs. I think he made the brakes on that bike. >> I would put money down that the NAHBS winning bike is extremely rideable, >> but not for you. Or me. For someone with the power and desire to set a TT >> course record, I think that bike will do it. >> >> Respectfully, >> Philip >> >> WWW.biketinker.com >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
