My initial comments about my Heron Road generated a good bit of discussion about the perceived wonderfulness of a specific tube, which has been interesting and informative, but possibly misses a salient fact about said bicycle: I've owned several Grant-designed bikes, and they all have an hard-to-describe-if-you-haven't-experienced-it ability to float comfortably down the road; hold a stable line in a turn; yet snap into a different direction on a whim. I've ridden enough other bikes in 25 years to know this is not an universal quality in frame design, which is one of the things that makes Rivendells (and Riv-designed Herons) special. Of course the tubes chosen for each model/size are part of the equation, but I suspect the geometries they are placed into make more of a difference in the ride/handling than the specific properties of the tube themselves. This would be my guess, at any rate.
Joe "I can follow the path, I can read the signs. Stay right with it when the road unwinds" Bernard Vallejo, CA -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
