Re: Using racing bike for touring

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> G? Daniels writes:
>
> > Horsing a sensitive geometry down the road over varying surfaces can
> > get realllly tiring.  make yawl wish for 1" 3/8"s tires and 44"
> > chainstays.  Can you see geometry?  The frame stratches out front to
> > rear for easy going, more upright for handling?
>
> "Upright handling"?  What do you think TdF racers are giving up with
> their bicycles, riding up to 150 miles per day, that would be more
> comfortable with a touring frame?  The only difference I detect is
> fittings for attaching baggage racks and mudguards.  As I said, I've
> been riding a "racing" bicycle for many years over all sorts of roads
> for thousands of miles, and the absence of touring lugs have not made
> riding uncomfortable.

Well, what you call a "racing" bicycle, with 45cm chainstays, is not what
the rest of the world calls a "racing" bicycle.

>
> > The made to fit for height and leg length top tube and crank arms in
> > a tourng model give terrific straight ahead power opposed to the
> > "handling" of the close set frame and the wrong size.
>
> I don't believe you know what you mean by handling.  Tandems corner
> better than most singles under the right riders until hairpin turns
> get a tighter radius than three times the wheelbase.  Your text is
> made of the myth and lore that gets handed around among people who
> have never tested any of the theories proposed.  It just sounds good
> to those who don't do it.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/xaco

Ja, I can do that.

  Robin Hubert