" It's the next subtle increment that we feel. So yes, subtle differences in wheel inertia are more significant to us than adding mass to the bike frame. "
and I never once said you can't feel it. If the small difference is a big deal to you, that's perfectly fine. Do lighter wheels spin up faster? Yes! How much faster? A tiny bit faster. Is that tiny bit a big deal to some riders? Absolutely If you can feel the difference and if you like it better then do it. It's great. None of us are racing or timing ourselves. If it feels a lot faster, who cares if it isn't actually measurably a lot faster? If it feels MUCH easier to pedal, who cares if it isn't actually measurably much easier to pedal? Trust me, I'm a tires guy. I've got ~30 pairs of spare tires in my parts bins. Sometimes I run skinnier tires. Why? Because they *feel*different, and sometimes I prefer to do it. I *feel* like it. Sometimes I decide to run 700x25, sometimes 700x28 and sometimes 700x35. They feel different and I run what I feel like running. Feeling is a big deal I remember a similar back and forth when a vendor made a crankset in 170 and 175 and refused to offer it in 172.5mm. He emphatically stated that the reason he wouldn't do it was because it is impossible for a rider to feel the difference between 170 and 172.5. A lot of people (including me) got kind of miffed about it. I sure as heck can feel the difference. Could I get used to a 170? Sure. But I've got 6 bikes and they all have 172.5s. I'm not switching cranks on all my bikes, and I don't want to RE-get-used-to the bike every time I ride it. I can feel the difference and I prefer to run 172.5. I doubt there's a measurable performance benefit, but if somebody told me NOT to run 172.5s because it's impossible to feel the difference, I'd inform them that they are wrong. Similarly, I am not telling you, Ron, NOT to run skinny tires. I'm not telling you whether you can feel it or not. I'm not telling you what you should prefer. If I did any of that I'd be a bigger jerk than I already am. -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
