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

(Example: Framebuilders:Alex Singer)

From: "Beyer Jr., Chris (C.C.)" <cbeyer2@volvocars.com>
To: "'chuckschmidt@earthlink.net'" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: RE: [CR]To ride or not/fairly short...
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Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2002 15:23:06 -0400

Yo:

At 210#, I don't think I'd notice 3oz. on a bike. Or miss it on myself, for that matter..............

Chris ("too much of a good thing can be wonderful") _________________________________________________ Chris Beyer Volvo Cars of North America, LLC Customer Relations Rockleigh, NJ USA

Telephone: 800.550.5658 E-mail: CBeyer2@volvocars.com

-----Original Message----- From: Chuck Schmidt [mailto:chuckschmidt@earthlink.net] Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 1:17 PM To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Subject: Re: [CR]To ride or not/fairly short...

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