On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 10:26 AM, JoelMatthews<joelmatth...@mac.com> wrote: > >> Club riders will generally be using 700 x 23. Frequently smaller. >> At 120 PSI. It's just a fact of life in racing clubs. This is >> target market that does not think like people who use 35 mm tires, >> tweed bags and high bars. If you don't know anything about club >> racing, you won't be able to look at this frame through the right lens. > > Topic drift, but isn't it possible this is a case where the club is > simply accepting conventional wisdom that skinny high pressure are by > default faster? Common assumption to be sure, but no longer > universal. Jan Heine and other bicycle thinkers have argued that in > real road conditions, wider tires with high quality low resistance > rubber are faster than skinny tires.
Typical "club riders" are the ones defining conventional wisdom, along with Bicycling and other media who make people want to ride fast like the pros. This isn't a knock on them, it's just the fact; that's where the industry money and advertising is. In general, they don't read things like BQ or the Reader, because those mags aren't (in general) about going fast. It seems that the Roadeo is carefully aimed at the Venn diagram slice of riders who overlap those interests, along with an appreciation of lugged frames, with the hopes for some wider audience for the Rivendell ride and aesthetic qualities. It's a nice bike, i'd love to see them show up on club rides around here. -- Bill Connell St. Paul, MN --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
