Re: Using racing bike for touring

Jay Beattie writes:

>> 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

> Where is the place shown in the picture, and is it still unpaved?

That is the south side of the Tenda Pass on RTE SS20 on the
Italian-French border.  The road is unchanged.  It will stay that way
because there is a tunnel down below that was built in the 19th
century when this route was an important north/south arterial.

Jobst Brandt
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