William deRosset wrote: > > The Heron Touring bikes were almost all 700C machines (the 53 cm was the > exception), with 8/5 OS top tube and 9/6 OS downtubes (they were definitely > O/S and I believe those are the gauges of my 1998-produced model), >
Bill Wouldn't OS 8/5 and 9/6 be very stiff? A TT OS 8/5 is stiffer (less deflection with a center load) than 1" TT of 10/7 and a DT OS 9/6 is stiffer than a 1-1/8" 11/8. These STD size tubes are pretty stiff. John Hawrylak Woodstown NJ >>> >>> -- >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
