Re: Curious product lineups, Litespeed division

On May 9, 10:37 am, mtb Dad <listerfar...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Off topic to the orignal post, but vis a vis aesthetics, I'm an old
> guy who always thought 'level top tube, stem parallel, nice curve to
> the fork', was sacred.
>
> But I'm coming around to the semi sloping look, with stem, bar tops,
> and brake lever tops all parallel.   Not sure why it looks good, but
> it's got to feel better than sliding my hands down the cinalli
> campione del mundo's to dura ace 7402 levers and cru****ng my first
> knuckle.  Still working up to straight forks though.  I swear I can
> see my steel columbus forks flexing on bumps, which I kinda like, but
> I know the engineers say otherwise.

The curve of the day was just fa****on, just one way to get from here
to there. Tire width and pressure is more im****tant to comfort. I used
to have to use gloves and closed cell tape if I ran 23s on a trad road
bike, but I can ride all day with 28s, bare hands, straight forks, and
cloth tape. It's the tires. That and good bar set-up. Gimme something
Nitto that allows me several positions without clenching, and I'm
good. Never could stand Cinelli type bends where the ramps slid you
down towards the hoods. Ech.