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28-06.-2008, 02:28 AM
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Re: RTL: Ranking for non-geared teams
I disagree with this. Had this been a bike race, pretty much every bike would be more expensive than a GUni. If you wanna race, you got to show up with equipment that will play to your abilities. Adding $1k to the cost of your cycle isn't really a hardship if you're serious about racing. Unless you live in a third world country, any teenager with a summer job can save up that much money. If you're NOT WILLING to spend that much money, you can still show up and race competitively, just not expect to win. Not only that, but many ungeared riders were competitive with geared riders. If you had taken away NZuni's only geared cycle, they may have still taken 2nd place. There were many GUnis in the middle of the pack, and one or two towards the back of the pack. For many, travel, accomodations, car rental...etc were as expensive or more expensive than their unicycles. Eroick wrote: > > I hope that if RTL happens again, there will be separate categories for > geared and fixed unicycles, since there is a significant mechanical > advantage at a price that not everyone can afford. -- mscalisi ><> Unicycle for (reducing the) Buddha <>< ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mscalisi's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/4961 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/70892 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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28-06.-2008, 02:35 AM
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Re: RTL: Ranking for non-geared teams
mscalisi wrote: > > For many, travel, accomodations, car rental...etc were as expensive or > more expensive than their unicycles. Agreed. The difference in cost between my Schlumpf hub and a decent fixed hub is a relatively small percentage of the total cost that I spent on everything else. I didn't buy the guni specifically for RTL, but if I didn't already have it, I'm sure I could have justified the cost to give myself a fighting chance in the race. STM -- semach.the.monkey ------------------------------------------------------------------------ semach.the.monkey's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/12078 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/70892 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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