Hey Matt! I got confused in your middle paragraph. Too many pronouns that seem reversed of what I thought you were saying for me to follow. Would you mind clarifying please?
I've not heard anyone say wheelbase doesn't affect handling, significantly or otherwise. The entire experience I've had with longer wheel base is significantly better handling. It DOES require adjustment and different lines. There may be a learning curve, but a sharp lad could easily suss that out and not need to slow down, and likely go yet faster if desired. Grin. With abandon, Patrick On Thursday, January 9, 2020 at 12:25:24 PM UTC-7, Matt Dreher wrote: > > I finally concluded that the chainstays on my 61 Roadini are just a hair > too long at 46cm. I'm not opposed to longer chainstays, it's just that it > would be nice if there were a Rivendell option other than the Roadeo that > had slightly more traditional road geometry. If they had capped it at 44cm > for the large sizes or specced horizontal dropouts to allow a bit of > adjustability I probably wouldn't have a real issue with it. > > I don't buy the line that wheelbase doesn't affect handling significantly. > I have an 90s road bike with 41cm stays that's exhausting to spend a long > while on. The handling feels significantly more confident to me on that > bike. I know that you can take the same lines but taking the same line on > the long-stayed bike requires a good bit more lean than the other. It makes > me a lot more hesitant to take corners as quickly on loose surfaces. Of > course once you've lost traction it's easier to control and recover from > skids with long chainstays but I'd rather not lose traction in the first > place, you know? > > As someone who adjusts their bars below the saddle I'm also not really > representative of the typical Rivendell rider, though. I suppose that at > this point complaining about no shorter-chainstay'd Rivendells is like > complaining that Cervelo doesn't have a steel option any more. Both > companies once had the option for it but the type of riders they're > intended for necessarily led them away from that. > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/b9cb420c-d882-4beb-81be-a81e4c60bcce%40googlegroups.com.
