This makes more sense -- I generally agree. But I would insist that the "object" an "subject" aspects go hand in hand without either one being negligible. After all, what we "feel" is due to what is "out there" -- in this case, how our bikes are set up. I bet Voigt was cursing a blue streak as he pedaled away on the kid's bike.
Segway: One salient quality of 4/5 Rivs I've owned is how easy they are to set up (for my preferences, obviously) and how "right" they feel without a lot of tweaking -- the Ram being the latest case in point. But this is due, I assume, largely to the identical or very close geometries of these four, notable the angles and the top tube length. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyrfithMEb8 On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 8:13 AM, Garth <garth...@gmail.com> wrote: > > How one FEELS on a bike , is Entirely subjective ! Since the days of > following bike racing as a kid .... I recall the lamenting over certain > riders, Sean Kelley comes to mind. The bike fit "experts" said his seat > was way too low, he was too scrunched ... etc. etc. Yet .... it worked > for HIM !! That is what I mean. It's mind AND body working in unison , > to which there simply is no wonderformula . What "looks" bad to one > standard seen from without, Works from within. > > But there is a large range of which one can ride and ride well. When one > is "in tune" to themselves , there is no stopping them. I recall a TDF a > few years ago when Jens Voigt crashed in a stage, he had no team car > around, so he grabbed a KIDS bike from the crowd and kept going until the > team car could find him . Now , this is short term of course .... but I > bet if he had to finish a stage with it, he would still be just fine :) > > People are finicky about bike fit, because they are in a finicky state of > mind . Examine their lives and you'll see it's not just bikes they are > finicky about . > > > > > > Some of most fun rides I had as a teen was on a bike that was about 3-4 > inches less long and shorter in bar height !! > > > On Friday, April 12, 2013 9:31:48 AM UTC-4, Patrick Moore wrote: >> >> On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 7:24 AM, Garth <gart...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Yep ... bike fit and feel is entirely subjective. >> >> >> Is that true? Then lower (or raise) your saddle by 3", move it forward >> (or back) by 2", think some powerfully good thoughts, and ride: if it all >> is "subjective" -- by which you mean "in your mind" -- then the bike should >> feel and work as well as it did before. >> > -- > 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 > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- http://resumespecialties.com/index.html patrickmo...@resumespecialties.com __________________________________________________________________________ -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
