I guess there are alot of newbies out there in fancy bikes. The group I ride with every weekend is about 90% carbon and Ti but also about 30% tubulars. A flat sew-up is just a another flat - not a mystery to anyone.
Julian Shapiro
Sag Harbor, NY
> Went out today on a PPTC (Washington area touring club) ride; maybe 40 -
> 50 folks showed up at the start for the "A," "BB," and "B" rides. About 65
> mi. for my "B" group, counting navigational idiosyncracies. I counted 4 or
> 5 lugged bikes, couple of others TiG-welded steel, and all the rest was
> this stuff that I know nothing about. Ti, newer Al, carbon fiber, and
> stuff like that. The '73 Hetchins felt like a bit of anomaly. Of course,
> I'm not sure that most of the group I rode with had ever heard non-indexed
> shifting when it ain't perfect.
>
> Sanity check: had a blow-out, while riding with 2 other folks. Neither
> had ever seen a sew-up before. I guess us old curmudgeons need to do some
> gentle proselytizing...
>
> harvey sachs
> mcLean va