Chuck, What I meant, and what I thought e-richie meant was that this has nothing to do with what the pro's "want" to ride. What I mean is that Lance may care about grams, but he would still have won the last 4 tours on a slightly heavier bike. I understand they do not want to ride lugged steel bikes, but that does not mean they could not still use them & win. Richard Rose (Toledo, Ohio) P.S. I think this horse is slightly different
> Richard Rose wrote:
> >
> > Pardon me for butting in here but I think what e-richie meant was that
there
> > was still room in the pro peleton for a lugged steel bike but that the
> > marketplace prevents such a thing from happening. Correct me if I am
wrong
> > richie.
> > After all, what would happen in the (bicycle) marketplace if Lance won
his
> > 5'th consecutive tour next year on a beautiful lugged steel creation,
albeit
> > with a set of Hyperon's, a threadless stem & STI shifters? Chaos I tell
you,
> > Chaos!
>
> Richard, we pretty much beat this same horse to death a month or two
> ago.
>
> No there is not still room in the pro peleton for lugged steel bikes.
> Nothing in the marketplace prevents such a thing (remember Litespeeds
> painted as Treks?), it's that the pros don't want to ride them in the
> peleton. This has nothing to do what I want to ride, only the facts
> about what the current situation is in professional road racing.
>
> Lance Armstrong cares about grams!
>
> Chuck Schmidt
> SoPas, SoCal
>
>
> .