| Re: Klein Reve V or Pilot 5.0
Alan C. A**** <a****@comcast.not> wrote:
>I love the quality of my Kline Quantum (know Trek now owns them) and this
>attracts me the the Reve V. I like the idea of the Pilot 5.0 for fighting
>buzz with carbon. I think both bikes can take a 28 width tire and with
>about 90 pounds of pressure this would be a good buzz absorber. I need
>real fenders (Oregon). I need a bicycle I can ride centuries and still
>feel my feet.
>
>Which of these is better? Are there better alternatives?
If you want a bike with caliper brakes, and if you want to fit
both 28mm tires and fenders underneath those brakes, then you
really, really want long-reach calipers. In fact I'd argue that
if you want fenders on a bike with caliper brakes then you want
long-reach brakes regardless of tire size (life is too short to
spend it trying to eliminate fender rubbing in the teeny tiny space
under short-reach calipers), but with 28mm tires the long-reach
brakes are definitely required.
I know the Reve has long reach brakes, but I'm not sure about the
Pilot. If the latter lacks them then I think you have your answer.
As for comfort, I think the effect of the material the frame is
made from is hugely overrated. In order of importance some things
that influence comfort more strongly might be tires, tires, tires,
tires, handle bars and fork, seat and seat post, and frame geometry,
with frame material way, way behind these (if it matters at all).
Dennis Ferguson
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