Re: Best roadbike for rough pave'?


Tim McNamara wrote:
> In article <1138634354.448710.300550@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> "Ozark Bicycle" <bicycleatelier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > But, with this 650B thing, I think they have gone astray, at least in
> > terms of the long term welfare of their customers. I understand the
> > business logic behind it (i.e., to give existing Riv customers an
> > excuse to buy another Riv by offering "something different"), but I
> > just don't agree with it.
>
> By your argumentation, nothing in cycling should ever change because
> "support" for the different technology may not be available at some
> point in the future.

But 650B isn't some new standard which may or may not "catch on". It's
an old standard which faded from common usage long ago. (As the guy
said in Jurassic Park, "The dinosaurs had their shot".)


> At least 650B offers some actual benefit, unlike
> 650C.


IMO, 650C (in it's current incarnation) is far more beneficial to at
least one audience, riders of short stature seeking a road frame with
conventional geometry, than 650B is to >any< audience.

.

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