Funny, I've been wondering the same sort of thing with my Hillborne. In the dozens of bikes I've owned over the years, none have had this magical ability to just gingerly float over everything like the Hillborne. I had the exact same build (incl wheels and tires) on a Soma Grand Randonneur previous to the Sam, and while that bike rode nicely, it did not have this quality. My Clem, despite much larger tires, does not have this quality--and both have nearly identical CS lengths (455 vs. 460).
The only thing left that it could be are the seat stays, but it's hard to imagine that they're doing this much. It has to be a culmination of a bunch of small contributors, I expect. -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/bb4ac02d-7f15-442d-8aca-4f7e003d7d60o%40googlegroups.com.
