"... in every case the VO performs differently in a way that I would characterize as "better"."
Here Here. Surely some bikes behave differently than others, and informed people develop preferences. A difference in preferences doesn't make one party right and the other wrong. On Aug 6, 7:26 pm, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote: > On Mon, 2012-08-06 at 18:14 -0700, Michael Hechmer wrote: > > I too am a big Jan Heine admirer. He is a very bike smart guy, but he > > is confused about two things, not evident in the posted blog. First, > > riding fast and riding far are two different things. Both can be fun, > > but as you combine the two, fewer and fewer people actually enjoy > > it. > > Second, bikes and components are not necessarily faster or better > > because they were first made in France. > > Do you honestly think he believes that? You don't think there's any > chance at all that it's simply that he likes the sort of things the > French made? > > > I would be happy to put my Ram, with mostly USA made components, up > > against any bike costing not more than twice as much on any two to > > four hour ride, which is about all that I or most riders actually > > enjoy. > > I'll happily take that challenge, having been the owner of a Ram which I > sold because it was too stiff for me, and replaced with a Johnny > Coast-built Velo Orange Randonneur (just like the one BQ tested) with > all the other components except the headset swapped over. Two hour, > four hour, ten hour ride, in every case the VO performs differently in a > way that I would characterize as "better". -- 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.
