Maybe it's time to give up on him, tell him what he wants is a top of the line Domane with carbon wheels and tubular tires, and he should stop wasting his time looking at heavy old steel bikes.
On Wed, 2012-07-11 at 16:01 -0700, ted wrote: > If he wants to try an alternative to the weight weeny race rigs, he > should probably ease up on the frame weight goal. > You also might point out that the frame and fork are probably about > 1/4th (or less) of the total bike weight. > To say an AHH is too heavy because of the frame overlooks the large > roll components play in the all up weight of a bike. > > > > On Jul 10, 8:55 pm, Peter Morgano <uscpeter11...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I hear you Joe, I tried to sell him the 54 AHH but he kept saying it > was > > too heavy, he is a good friend but this whole heavy vs light > argument does > > get old so looking for him to take the plunge and get a nice > practical > > ride. He does have an older Peugeot PX10 we could convert but with > its > > 'racing" geometry it wont be nearly as comfortable as a nice AHH. > Maybe a > > decent place to start though. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 11:42 PM, Joe Bernard <joerem...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Your friend needs to be disabused of the notion that the AHH is > not a road > > > bike. My Romulus was a pure 700c road bike like that Ebay Riv, and > my AHH > > > rode like the Romulus. Hilsen can be used for medium-load touring > and > > > gravel treks, but it is not a touring bike. It's a 650b road bike. > > > > > Joe Bernard > > > Vallejo, CA. > > > > > On Tuesday, July 10, 2012 8:23:25 PM UTC-7, Peter M wrote: > > > > >> Good points, issue is my friend is coming out of the cold of pure > > >> roadieism and although he has shed his praise of 23mm tires he > still thinks > > >> of anything not made Columbus Zona or whatnot "heavy", while > wanting > > >> simultanously to jump on the "650b Bandwagon." -- 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.
