aka Tom Reingold
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: New York, NY, and High Falls, NY, USA
Posts: 40,509
Bikes: 1962 Rudge Sports, 1971 Raleigh Super Course, 1971 Raleigh Pro Track, 1974 Raleigh International, 1975 Viscount Fixie, 1982 McLean, 1996 Lemond (Ti), 2002 Burley Zydeco tandem
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I agree that until you've really checked out the bike on a few short, gentle rides, you should not hammer hard. But once you prove that the bike is worthy, go ahead. I don't baby the bikes I've tuned well. I stand up plenty, even my 50-year-old, low-geared Sturmey-Archer-AW-equipped Rudge. And I'm thinking of gearing it even lower.