Bill's BMC Monstercross really excels at being a Monstercross bike. I got a good chuckle out of his 9+ rating for it.
Scott On Thursday, January 16, 2020 at 9:54:38 AM UTC-7, Bill Lindsay wrote: > > John W, > > It really depends on what you are asking. Where I put a bike in my stable > is exactly where I decide to put it. I put the Black Mtn Monster Cross in > the "monster cross" slot of my stable. That's where I'd put it. Is that > what you are asking? > > If that isn't what you are asking, then here are a bunch of other > questions that may be closer to what you are after: > > *On a scale of 1 to 10, how good is each of those four bikes at being a > rim-brake-monster-cross bike? * > > Black Mountain Monster Cross: 9+ > Black Mountain Road: 2 > Leo Roadini: 3 > Roadeo: 2 > > *On a scale of 1 to 10, how good is each of those four bikes at being a > road racing bike? * > > Black Mountain Monster Cross: 5 > Black Mountain Road: 8 > Leo Roadini: 6 > Roadeo: 9 > > *On a scale of 1 to 10, how good is each of those four bikes at being an > all-rounder? * > > Black Mountain Monster Cross: 8 > Black Mountain Road: 4 > Leo Roadini: 5 > Roadeo: 4 > > Those three road bikes would make lousy off-road bikes for me. If the > Roadeo was my only bike, I would not use it as a mountain bike. I'd mainly > limit my riding to things you can use a road racing bike for. > > If my Black Mountain Monster Cross was my only bike, it would serve as a > good platform for a lot of different kinds of builds. I'd tune my build > for the things I wanted to do. I'd retain tire selection as the main way > to change the bike's personality from ride to ride. I'd have no qualms > about running Barlow Pass Extralights (700x38) on it for it's raciest > configuration. > > Bill stable-boy Lindsay > El Cerrito, CA > > > On Thursday, January 16, 2020 at 2:47:34 AM UTC-8, John W wrote: >> >> I know this is veering off topic, but Bill, where would you put the BMC >> Monster Cross rim brake within those comparisons? > > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/12d12366-34dc-45a8-a36f-106ed9144062%40googlegroups.com.
