Ooops! Accidentally hit send before finishing. Here and Now over not-Here/Now any day!
Best, Richard Sent from my iPhone > On May 22, 2018, at 8:01 AM, R Shannon <rshannon6...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Garth, that’s a great story. 185 to 152 crank length is radical. Who would > thought! My hat is off to you for the continued experimenting and patience to > find that sweet spot. > > I’ll take here and now over not > > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On May 21, 2018, at 8:39 AM, Garth <garth...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Rich, Yes, I considered an early version of the Sam but neither the 60 or >> bit-too-big 64 had the front-center length that the 60 Bomba has. I pedal >> midfoot and even with 152mm cranks my toes just barely clear fenders on the >> Bomba with 45mm tires. When I initially went midfoot I had 185mm cranks and >> the overlap was comically terminal, so then I went to 175, then 170 and it >> was still too long. So a "little light bulb" lit, "try some short ones(as in >> way less than even 165mm)" .... and lo and behold there were some 152mm XD's >> ....not only did I have clearance but I also found this wonderful balance of >> both ease of spinning and "power from the butt" so to speak, not something I >> had ever expected or even knew could be. It was much easier to remain seated >> when climbing compared to the "conventional-assumptive" long >> cranks/ball-of-foot pedaling. >> >> What I meant by "road-ish" is the ability to use any crank or rings. The >> Bomba is rather limited to 24/36/48 max rings without going to a wider BB >> and chainline. It's funny but I really like riding in large chainrings, like >> a 44t min. up to 50t. While a "gear inch" may be a gear-inch, big rings >> just feel unique..... I guess 'cuz their big ! :-) >> >> Anyway, the frame I'm describing is something altogether unique, as every >> frame is ! It's funny how that whatever you have, there always seems to >> possibly be something "else/more/less". But really.... all anyone "has" is >> Here and Now. I mean hey .... a not-Here/Now .... is really not-at-all. Here >> is ever Here and Now ever Now and not ever not. >> >> >> >> So ... "here"s" to "Truth be True and every man a liar ! " >> >> >> Ahahahahaahahahaahahahahahahahaahahah ! ! >> >> >> >>>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/y_oImq_iPJQ/unsubscribe. >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
