What do you guys think about recumbents? I love mine: bacchetta giro --Sasha
On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 9:44 PM, frank theriault <knarftheria...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 9:52 PM, Adam Maas <a...@mawz.ca> wrote: > >> >> Nice shot, cute girl, nice bike even if I am somewhat biased against >> Aluminum. > > There are some very nice alumimium bikes out there. It's not as sexy > as carbon fibre, not as familiar as steel, but for the price, > aluminium is a nice combination of stiffness and lightness. Aluminium > has a bad reputation for harshness, but (like anything else), if > designed properly, aluminium frames can work very well. > > That's not to say that it's superior to steel or carbon; it's all > what the designer/framebuilder does with it, isn't it? I love my > aluminium Fondriest trackbike! > >> >> Just ordered a new bike myself. Duke's was nice enough to call up Kona >> and check if they had any leftover 2009 Honky Tonk's in my size as I >> don't like the 2010 versions (A nice steel road bike should not have >> cheapo brifters, Dura-Ace DT shifters are the better choice). Got >> lucky and they did, so I plunked down my cash and I should have my new >> bike next weekend. > > Kona make some very nice bikes and Dura Ace is pretty damned nice > stuff. Congrats on your new bike; the weather's looking pretty good > for some good riding! > > cheers, > frank > > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
