[MENTION=46029]fender1[/MENTION], that is so clear and wise, and I hope others consider what you're saying. Acrimony for the sake of chest thumping is worse than useless, but findings are useful even if you need to reject them.

I took a two-day tour this week, with 35 pounds of luggage on my old Raleigh Super Course. It felt like such a perfectly balanced bike. It had a 28mm front and a 32mm rear, but who is to say those are right for everyone? They are in my range of favorite size tires. Perhaps my body weight and weight balance play a part of this. Maybe there is a resonance and an impedance interplay, which explains why different people like different kinds of bikes, even in the same kinds of riding.