I'm pretty sure you just described planing. Your IF works perfectly with your power and riding style (and it looks mahvelous, dahlink). What a great combo for you!
On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 4:00 AM, Earl Grey <earlg...@gmail.com> wrote: > Not sure this helps, but I find that some bikes make me want to ride > faster than others. So it's not (necessarily) that they ARE much > faster, but they "beg to be ridden hard", to use a cliche. My Indy Fab > Planet X is like that, to the point that it's actually difficult to > ride it slowly. Probably a combination of position (low bars) and > flexy frame (tigged 853). See > http://cyclofiend.com/cx/2009/cx054-gernothuber1209.html > > Perhaps light weight also contributes, not because it is that much > faster, but because it responds more immediately to rider input, thus > giving more direct positive reinforcement for pushing harder? > > My Sam with higher bars (and stiffer tubing?) on the other hand seems > to encourage a more moderate pace. See > http://www.flickr.com/photos/25150...@n08/4424231067/ > > So if it's frame flex and light weight that encourage pushing hard, > you may need a different frame (terraferma?). If bar position is a big > factor, perhaps your Sam will be fine. Get some Cypres tires, lower > the bars, and see what happens. You can always raise the bars partway > through a century, since you have a threaded stem... :) > > Gernot > > > On Apr 27, 1:24 pm, PATRICK MOORE <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > > There is one more thing to say in favor of a "racing" position; though > this > > term is really a false one, since it is used by riders who have no > thought > > whatsoever of racing; and that is that it is in a sense more comfortable > for > > putting out power if you like to push yourself. The butt-back, lower bar > > position (and I am speaking only of a modestly low bar; no attempt at a > > truly flat back) feels good because it optimizes weight distribution and > > power generation. I often get into my hooks (a mere 4 cm below saddle) > > simply for a change of position, or to maintain speed up a slight > incline, > > wind not the issue. It also in my experience of four Rivendell models, > three > > customs, brings out the best handling in Grant's long rear-center, > shortish > > front-center designs. Even my Hillborne, on which I want higher bars for > > multi day touring, and the newly brazed and painted Monocog, where I want > a > > higher position off road, let me get back and low simply by riding the > hooks > > and bending my elbows. I've found excessively high bars unweight the > front > > end too much and make it feel unstable; my Hillborne bars are about 1 cm > > above saddle, those of the Monocog (with a longer cockpit even than the > H) > > about 2 cm above versus the 4-5 cm above that the Hillborne was > originally > > set up with on the Riv floor. (I have the old floor model.) And I have > short > > arms. > > > > So, I'd suggest a position that, while it lets you straighten up, also > does > > not deprive you of that wonderful butt-back, arms low and lightly resting > on > > the bars position that PJW among others describes. > > > > -- > > 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-bu...@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > > For more options, visit this group athttp:// > groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- > 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-bu...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- Cheers, David Redlands, CA "Bicycling is a big part of the future. It has to be. There is something wrong with a society that drives a car to workout in a gym." ~Bill Nye, scientist guy -- 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-bu...@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.
