Re: [CR]To ride or not/fairly short...

(Example: Framebuilding:Tubing)

From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]To ride or not/fairly short...
References: <A9CF4EB95BC44C44A94CA51AF3FE90FEBB1C@server.normandassociates.com>
Date: Mon, 09 Sep 2002 10:17:25 -0700

Rich Rose wrote:
>
> Chuck Schmidt wrote, in part:
>
> "Modern bicycles are all about weight, which is just
> one of the reasons lug steel construction is moot. And with modern
> bicycles (we are talking about racing bicycles I assume) 3 oz count."
>
> My response: Really?? 3 oz. of non-rotational weight counts? As in the
> difference between winning & loosing?
> Richard (non-believer) Rose

Yes, if you are talking about the top racing bikes in the TdF peloton (and that's what I talking about) 3 oz., rotational, non-rotational, is obsessed over.

Counts? Lance Armstrong is certainly concerned over it and thinks it does.

Chuck Schmidt
SoPas, SoCal