Richard Sachs wrote:
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> i have a modern bicycle that i like and i wouldn't enjoy my cycling
> as much on a bicycle with less efficient parts, or on one that weighed
> 4 pounds more, (cut)
Richie, if we are going to submit to the tyranny of the scale, then there is no logical reason to ride any lugged steel creation, RichardSachs, or otherwise.
Daily, I switch between 16.5 / 17.5 lb. bikes and bikes that weigh in the 24 / 26 lb. range with no diminishment in the smiles per miles ratio. But to each his own.
Someone mentioned an unwatched film still in the can... I liked that Collecting analogy...
Chuck Schmidt SoPas, SoCal
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