>Wouldn't OS 8/5 and 9/6 be very stiff? Dear John,
For a 55cm frame (really a 57-58 once the top tube slope and extended head tube is accounted for)? Yep. Sure is. However it is consistent with the consensus good practice for dedicated offroad machines--and (rear-loading) touring bikes. It is still a lighter spec than almost all the Surly offerings or a Miyata 1200, and as light as most of Rivendell's offerings. Only the Legolas had a lighter tube spec, and their recent take on a "road" bike, the Roadeo, has an OS 8/5 top tube and OS 9/6 downtube. I had a ball on my Heron, though it doesn't climb for me as well as some other machines. It is still smooth, comfortable, and well-behaved when used within its design limitations. Best, Will William M. deRosset Fort Collins, CO On Monday, December 7, 2015 at 4:27:40 PM UTC-7, John Hawrylak wrote: > > 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.
