Re: Wal-Mart Italian Road Bike for $1198

On May 2, 11:56=A0pm, Tom Sherman <sunsetss0...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Cathy Kearns wrote:
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> > "Tom Sherman" <sunsetss0...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> Cathy Kearns wrote:
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> >>> I have a women's geometry 5000 trek from a few years back. =A0I
> >>> remember test riding a slightly larger 5000, which we determined was
> >>> too large. And a different model women's trek the size of my bike.
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> >>> Both had 700c wheels. =A0I ordered the my bike, and didn't ask if it
> >>> would have smaller wheels, since the neither of those I test road
had
> >>> the smaller wheels. Yes, they certainly look precious, but the bike
> >>> does fit me.
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> >>> However, the guys and girls on my rides all have 700c tires. =A0When
> >>> someone has an extremely bad day, and goes through their stash of
> >>> tubes, the others can loan them tires. =A0If I have an extremely bad
> >>> day I'm getting a ride home. =A0(But with the cute little wheels the
> >>> bike will fit in any car.) My husband and I needed two different
> >>> stashes of tubes at home. =A0I have 650c wheels, and I can tell you,
> >>> you don't want 650c wheels.
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> >> Calling ISO 571-mm (aka 650C) wheels small is very odd.
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> > I believe I called them smallER than 700c wheels.
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> And you also called them "cute little wheels".
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> > =A0Really, you think they are the same size or something?
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> No, ISO 571-mm wheels are actually quite large.
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> This is a bicycle with cute little wheels:
> <http://www.cycleurope.co.jp/2008/novt.html>.
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> Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
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Cathy's "cute little wheels" are only quite large when compared to
something like the 14" wheels on the folding stem bike in the link you
posted but *both* seem tiny in comparison to the front wheel of a
nineteenth century ordinary. All things are relative.

Regards,
Bob Hunt