It just occurred to me that the "long" chainstays on my Bombadill may be the reason that it was 40% off as a web special/garage sale item. I had been thinking about a Hunqapillar as Rivendell had told me I was too heavy for an Atlantis as a touring bike and suggested the Hunqapillar. I saw the Bombadil frame for sale back on Thanksgiving Day 2014 for less than the Hunqapillar and it was my size so I jumped at the chance. Riv later said it had been built for someone else who refused it for some reason. It was a brand new unblemished frame, so I have always been puzzled about it. Now, given the passion that I see some people have over chainstay length, it begins to make sense.
Laing On Thursday, June 14, 2018 at 9:26:30 AM UTC-4, lconley wrote: > I measured last night - my 650B size 52 Bombadil has 47cm chainstays as > opposed to the 45cm listed on the geometry chart in another post today - > almost an inch longer. > > Laing > Cocoa, FL > > On Wednesday, June 13, 2018 at 4:42:28 PM UTC-4, Kieran J wrote: > >> Interesting. In photos, Bomba rear wheels have always looked more >> "tucked" than other models. I've always assumed the Bomba was a pretty >> ideal all-round trail machine (perhaps barring a slight increase in tire >> clearance and certainly minus the second TT, which I oppose in all but the >> most extreme use-case scenarios). >> >> KJ >> >> >> On Wednesday, June 13, 2018 at 1:25:15 PM UTC-7, lconley wrote: >>> >>> Depends on the Bombadil. I have a "newer" Bombadil that has relatively >>> long chainstays as well as a diagatube and tentacles. The chainstays are >>> longer than what are listed on the Bombadil geometry chart, which I believe >>> applies to the earlier "original" Bombadils which had double top tubes in >>> the larger sizes instead of the diagatube. >>> >>> Laing >>> >>> >>> On Wednesday, June 13, 2018 at 4:02:29 PM UTC-4, Kieran J wrote: >>> >>>> Didn't the Bombadil have relatively short ones? >>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
