Not On Doping

[Tom Kunich]

I managed to get a Time VX and have been riding it for a month or so now. I
compared it to my Eddy Merckx EX and my C40 and my Look so far.

There's not much in the comparison though. The Time is obviously the closest
thing to the perfect bike I've ridden so far. Though I did the Windmill
Century on the C40 since I went there with a couple of friends who also ride
C40's and it was just too cool to see a Honda with three C40's on the roof
rack.

The time isn't as rigid as the C40 but way stiffer than the other bikes. One
thing is curious about the Time. When you hit a bump it bumps but there is
almost no after effects like vibrations or anything like that.

The C40 and the EX don't seem to have any oscillation frequencies in which a
hands-off wobble might occur but the Time definitely does have some of that.
But the slightest touch on the bars dampens it completely out as on all good
bikes.

The C40 is definitely lighter but on the other hand I put all of the light
stuff on the C40 and the Time just has nice parts chosen off of my shelf and
not because they were particularly light.

So if you're chosing a new bike try to find one of the older Time VX's. I
would recommend a new Time but they've changed from building frames in sizes
to making small, medium and large bikes which is something that you'd expect
from Murray.

[Jim Flom]

"Tom Kunich" <cyclintom@yahoo. com> wrote in message
news:r%yqi.11669$tj6.1692@newsread4.news.pas.earth link.net...
>I managed to get a Time VX and have been riding it for a month or so now. I
>compared it to my Eddy Merckx EX and my C40 and my Look so far.
>
> There's not much in the comparison though. The Time is obviously the
> closest thing to the perfect bike I've ridden so far. Though I did the
> Windmill Century on the C40 since I went there with a couple of friends
> who also ride C40's and it was just too cool to see a Honda with three
> C40's on the roof rack.
>
> The time isn't as rigid as the C40 but way stiffer than the other bikes.
> One thing is curious about the Time. When you hit a bump it bumps but
> there is almost no after effects like vibrations or anything like that.
>
> The C40 and the EX don't seem to have any oscillation frequencies in which
> a hands-off wobble might occur but the Time definitely does have some of
> that. But the slightest touch on the bars dampens it completely out as on
> all good bikes.
>
> The C40 is definitely lighter but on the other hand I put all of the light
> stuff on the C40 and the Time just has nice parts chosen off of my shelf
> and not because they were particularly light.
>
> So if you're chosing a new bike try to find one of the older Time VX's. I
> would recommend a new Time but they've changed from building frames in
> sizes to making small, medium and large bikes which is something that
> you'd expect from Murray.

I think you should write a review.

[Claus Assmann]

Tom Kunich wrote:

> So if you're chosing a new bike try to find one of the older Time VX's. I
> would recommend a new Time but they've changed from building frames in sizes
> to making small, medium and large bikes which is something that you'd expect

Hmm, Time seems to name their size XXS, XS, S, M, L, XL, XXL, which
basically translates to 49 - 61cm in 2cm increments. When I bought
my Time, I didn't really care about those letters, as the bike shop
took the measurements from my old bike and by doing a proper fit
(on a "fit cycle").

[Tom Kunich]

"Claus Assmann" <ca+sendmail(no-copies-please)@mine.informatik.uni-kiel.de>
wrote in message news:f8lfr9$154o$1@mothra.sendmail.com...
> Tom Kunich wrote:
>
>> So if you're chosing a new bike try to find one of the older Time VX's. I
>> would recommend a new Time but they've changed from building frames in
>> sizes
>> to making small, medium and large bikes which is something that you'd
>> expect
>
> Hmm, Time seems to name their size XXS, XS, S, M, L, XL, XXL, which
> basically translates to 49 - 61cm in 2cm increments. When I bought
> my Time, I didn't really care about those letters, as the bike shop
> took the measurements from my old bike and by doing a proper fit
> (on a "fit cycle").

That's interessting Claus. Thanks for that piece of information. I didn't
seen the XXS or XXL on their website when I looked.

[Morten Reippuert Knudsen]

Tom Kunich <cyclintom@yahoo. com> wrote:
> "Claus Assmann" <ca+sendmail(no-copies-please)@mine.informatik.uni-kiel.de>
> wrote in message news:f8lfr9$154o$1@mothra.sendmail.com...
> > Tom Kunich wrote:
> >
> >> So if you're chosing a new bike try to find one of the older Time VX's. I
> >> would recommend a new Time but they've changed from building frames in
> >> sizes
> >> to making small, medium and large bikes which is something that you'd
> >> expect
> >
> > Hmm, Time seems to name their size XXS, XS, S, M, L, XL, XXL, which
> > basically translates to 49 - 61cm in 2cm increments. When I bought
> > my Time, I didn't really care about those letters, as the bike shop
> > took the measurements from my old bike and by doing a proper fit
> > (on a "fit cycle").

> That's interessting Claus. Thanks for that piece of information. I didn't
> seen the XXS or XXL on their website when I looked.

You're not really shure if youre 160cm or 195cm?

--
Morten Reippuert Knudsen :-) <http://blog.reippuert.dk>

Merlin Works CR-3/2.5 & Campagnolo Chorus 2007.