pros use tubular tires, not clinchers.

[Chalo]

RonSonic wrote:
>
> The Dugasts are are, uh, special. Don't bother spending their kind of money
> unless you're contending for some championship jersey or other.
>
> Cross tires are available up to 34 and come in a variety of treads. Those should
> hold up as well as anything.

Those are, uh, knobbies. Given that the claimed benefits of tubies are
too subtle to even measure, it seems like they'd be nicely eradicated
by tread knobs. Unless the benefits are chiefly imaginary, in which
case they'd probably hold up just fine. But my imagination isn't all
it could be when it comes to tires.

Chalo

 

[Qui si parla Campagnolo]

Johnny Sunset aka Tom Sherman wrote:
> Qui si parla Campagnolo aka Peter Chisholm wrote:
> > ...AND before you slam the DOD, please point at the civilian leadership that has driven
> > the DOD wagon into Iraq. The military has done a great job accomplishing the mission
> > given to them.
>
> Huh? The US Department of Defense (DOD) is run by civilian leadership.
>
> --
> Tom Sherman

Yes, by the SecDef, then the President. They are the people that run
the DOD, has been that way since 1948 when the US got rid of generaL
staffs, and created the DOD.

The JCS are advisors to the Pres, not operational commanders at all.
The service secs, all civilians, are advisors as well. Both are in the
administrative chain of command. Two CoC in the military-Administrative
and operational. The SECArmy cannot direct anybody in the US Army to do
anything. That is the job of the SecDef-Rummy.

 

[RonSonic]

On 26 Feb 2006 15:56:13 -0800, "Chalo" <[email protected]> wrote:

>RonSonic wrote:
>>
>> The Dugasts are are, uh, special. Don't bother spending their kind of money
>> unless you're contending for some championship jersey or other.
>>
>> Cross tires are available up to 34 and come in a variety of treads. Those should
>> hold up as well as anything.
>
>Those are, uh, knobbies. Given that the claimed benefits of tubies are
>too subtle to even measure, it seems like they'd be nicely eradicated
>by tread knobs.

How knobby? There's a lot of file tread cross tires out there. Not all cross
courses are covered in mud.

And who says the benefits are too subtle to measure. Nobody's bothered measuring
them.

Ron

> Unless the benefits are chiefly imaginary, in which
>case they'd probably hold up just fine. But my imagination isn't all
>it could be when it comes to tires.
>
>Chalo

 

[Donald Gillies]

Bob <[email protected]> writes:

>Good point. Downtube shifters are far superior to bar end shifters.

Actually, I have been riding a vintage bike a lot lately, and I am a
longtime fan or barcon shifters. But, I frankly am starting to enjoy
shifting with one hand. There just isn't another turnkey solution on
the market that will shift with one hand, but a properly designed set
of towntube shifters have that advantage.

I think one of of the often-unstated advantages of barcons is the
extra 1" of handlebar position on the drops that you get with these
shifters.

There are advantages to almost all vintage technologies - in some
cases the latest and greatest does not trump all these advantages.

- Don Gillies
San Diego, CA