Re: [RBW] TCO in general..

2010-02-02 Thread PATRICK MOORE
On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 8:22 PM, james black wrote: > Bicycles should not cause this kind > of low-grade anxiety. It's unnecessary - if a bike has TCO, the wheels > are too big. Design it out with smaller wheels! > > Oh, c'mon. TCO tolerance is as personal as saddle likes and pedal choices. I hav

Re: [RBW] TCO in general..

2010-02-02 Thread james black
On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 23:36, Grant Petersen wrote: > TCO ends up being a problem---in my opinion---only in theoretics, but not in > practice. THere are some builders who would disagree; and although in the > spirit of diplomacy and reasonableness and "agreeing to disagree" and all > that, I acce

Re: [RBW] TCO in general..

2010-02-02 Thread cyclotourist
On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 7:14 AM, Seth Vidal wrote: > On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 10:10 AM, Horace wrote: > > I think that for people who think TCO is an issue -- it is, and I don't > try > > to change their minds. But I think if someone is wondering whether it's > > going to be an issue for them... it

Re: [RBW] TCO in general..

2010-02-02 Thread Seth Vidal
On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 10:10 AM, Horace wrote: > I think that for people who think TCO is an issue -- it is, and I don't try > to change their minds. But I think if someone is wondering whether it's > going to be an issue for them... it probably isn't. > TCO was an issue, once, for me on one bike

Re: [RBW] TCO in general..

2010-02-02 Thread Horace
I think that for people who think TCO is an issue -- it is, and I don't try to change their minds. But I think if someone is wondering whether it's going to be an issue for them... it probably isn't. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch"

[RBW] TCO in general..

2010-02-01 Thread Grant Petersen
Seems to be a problem because it has a name/acronym. All it means is that at speeds less than about 6mph, if you turn the wheel enough and time it just wrong with your pedal stroke, your shoe hits the fender or tire. It's one of those things that sounds worse than it is. It cannot happen at faster