Water Bottles, Why?
01-05-05, 12:19 AM
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Originally Posted by pseudobrit
Good idea.
I'm also going to throw away my component group controls and just wrap the cables around my handlebar to acheive the proper settings, ride in nothing but tighty whities and use solid rubber tires.
I'm also going to throw away my component group controls and just wrap the cables around my handlebar to acheive the proper settings, ride in nothing but tighty whities and use solid rubber tires.
1) Front derailleur - unneeded, simply a ploy creating by marketing geeks to increase profit. Solution, reach down and flick the chain with your finger.
2) Pneumatic tires - who came up with this joke? And their spokemen is the marshmallow man from Ghostbusters..? puhlease. Rivendell is coming out with a sweet set of wooden tires in '06.
01-05-05, 12:22 AM
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Originally Posted by Stealthman_1
cause we all no thanks to ZIPP that aero is much better than light weight!
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01-05-05, 03:29 PM
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Originally Posted by froze
Well thats fine, but don't eat the yellow snow!
Why? I thought it tasted good.
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Originally Posted by Ziggurat
Rivendell is coming out with a sweet set of wooden tires in '06.
01-05-05, 03:45 PM
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Originally Posted by slvoid
Thats cause no one's dumb enough to go far enough without water to die.
That's like, "Why do we need a firesuit, I've never seen anyone burn to death walking next to a 2000 degree volcano flow without a firesuit.
That's like, "Why do we need a firesuit, I've never seen anyone burn to death walking next to a 2000 degree volcano flow without a firesuit.
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Originally Posted by Stealthman_1
Over at analictic cycling.com you can see that a frame mounted water bottle does make you more aerodynamic, so...
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Originally Posted by Stealthman_1
Since I've never seen anyone actually die of thirst while riding a bike, why do we carry waterbottles? We spend thousands of dollars to shave ounces, chucking a water bottle can be as much as a pound and a half! I would guess that kind of weight loss would allow a normal guy who can spin a 53-13 the ability to spin 50-12. What do you think?
