Re: [CR]NOW:Blind Bike Test WAS:Making Frames for Fun and Profit

(Example: Framebuilders:Chris Pauley)

From: <ABikie@aol.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]NOW:Blind Bike Test WAS:Making Frames for Fun and Profit
To: chuckschmidt@earthlink.net, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 23:06:56 EST

In a message dated 11/21/2002 3:32:41 PM Eastern Standard Time, chuckschmidt@earthlink.net writes:


> Subj:Re: [CR]NOW:Blind Bike Test WAS:Making Frames for Fun and Profit
> Date:11/21/2002 3:32:41 PM Eastern Standard Time
> From:<A HREF="mailto:chuckschmidt@earthlink.net">chuckschmidt@earthlink.net</A>
> To:<A HREF="mailto:classicrendezvous@bikelist.org">classicrendezvous@bikelist.org</A>
> Sent from the Internet
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>
> Brian Baylis wrote:
> >
> > Chuck,
> >
> > The test you guys are referring to is intended to tell whether bikes
> > with different tubing have different ride qualities. That's not what I'm
> > seeking to find the answer to. I'm curious to know if two bikes are
> > built with identical tubing, dimentions, and fittings (and assuming the
> > components are exactly the same) will it ride the same.
>
>
> Well I do know this for fact: After washing the car it _definitely_ runs
> better...
>
> Chuck "princess and the pea syndrome" Schmidt
> SoPas, SoCal
>

Hey, I've been gonna get a blind test together and will pay any testers well. Seriously, this has been a passion for me for decades to try to put to rest the myriad of opinions about stiffness, performance, and comfort. I have chapters on 'perceprion' and 'materials' in my forthcoming book '120,000 wheels'

It will set many a bunko opinionizer to rest and set riders apart from writers

Larry Black Washington, DC 'home of enough bunk'