Long, Steve

Well, unless you consider Magnus Backsted weight it at over 200 lbs.

-----Original Message-----
From: obra-bounces@list.obra.org [mailto:obra-bounces@list.obra.org] On
Behalf Of Luciano bailey
Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2007 11:00 AM
To: erikv@erikv.com; obra@list.obra.org
Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] Carbon wheels

Good point many assume they can employ the same gear as tour riders
forgetting the biggest of these guys are only 160lbs.

>From: "Erik Voldengen"
>Reply-To: erikv@erikv.com
>To:
>Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] Carbon wheels
>Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 10:48:26 -0800
>
>I know I have an unpopular opinion, but after seeing the carnage from
last
>year's Banana Belt, I'll never ride carbon wheels in a mass start
event.
>I
>saw a guy hit a pothole right in front of me, and his wheel literally
>folded
>90 degrees. While I've broke metal wheels, I've never broke them like
>that.
>
>
>
>Like the original poster, I'm close to 200 lbs. Sometimes being big
means
>you shouldn't ride all the trick stuff out there.
>
>
>
>-Erik
>

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