uhhh, dan. i think i have been pretty clear that if you NEED to be that low, 650 wheels are a great way to get there. you can put the slide-rule away. not everybody who rides a bike 50 cm or so needs to be that low, or at least wishes to be. the market has shown that 700 wheels do carry some preference among some riders who could otherwise be on 650's, and some bike companies understand that. not sure why you insist on the polemics. you disappoint me in that, honestly.
this topic is more fun, then:
"" the fact that companies have been around awhile doing things a certain way does not mean they are immune to change when change is required. ""
like i said, dan - you go.
just like TOUR mag you have parlayed yourself into the arbiter of what-is-required. gerard has mentioned on this very site that in order to see sales in europe you need a good test from TOUR - your bike needs to be stiff as hell and light. it doesn't matter if you think a more compliant bike might be better, or even that racers win on those more compliant bikes. TOUR needs to have blessed your bike independant of any real-world application and whatever they like is what goes.
you have done the same thing for yourself and your design-product in the domestic tri-world - in some cases to the point of blantant conflict-of-interest that is frankly stunning. you have parlayed the influence of your design-product thru this website and its legion to be a force that must be appeased, on the exact model of TOUR. experience doesn't matter, results don't matter, alternative views don't matter, compromise doesn't matter, and as we saw in the article that started this thread - any acknoledgement of the validity of anything outside of the product DAMN sure doesn't matter. in dan and his vision we trust. in his own words - he has his righteous foot on the very throat of the industry for us !!
you are in fact a genius. i feel like sending you some money right now. praise jesus.
this topic is more fun, then:
"" the fact that companies have been around awhile doing things a certain way does not mean they are immune to change when change is required. ""
like i said, dan - you go.
just like TOUR mag you have parlayed yourself into the arbiter of what-is-required. gerard has mentioned on this very site that in order to see sales in europe you need a good test from TOUR - your bike needs to be stiff as hell and light. it doesn't matter if you think a more compliant bike might be better, or even that racers win on those more compliant bikes. TOUR needs to have blessed your bike independant of any real-world application and whatever they like is what goes.
you have done the same thing for yourself and your design-product in the domestic tri-world - in some cases to the point of blantant conflict-of-interest that is frankly stunning. you have parlayed the influence of your design-product thru this website and its legion to be a force that must be appeased, on the exact model of TOUR. experience doesn't matter, results don't matter, alternative views don't matter, compromise doesn't matter, and as we saw in the article that started this thread - any acknoledgement of the validity of anything outside of the product DAMN sure doesn't matter. in dan and his vision we trust. in his own words - he has his righteous foot on the very throat of the industry for us !!
you are in fact a genius. i feel like sending you some money right now. praise jesus.