On Tue, 2012-06-05 at 15:41 -0700, dougP wrote: > > Something we all need to keep in mind is that as brilliant a designer > as Grant is, every bike is the sum of a large number of compromises. > The fewer the compromises, the more specialized and hence less > versatile a bike is. For me, one of the major attractions of > Rivendell is the versatility of my Atlantis. There just isn't any > ride I would hesitate to do because "my bike can't do that".
But Grant is not a brilliant experimenter. When he did the low trail fork experiment in Riv Reader he neglected to factor in one highly significant variable (especially highly significant in the context of low trail): tire width. He tried low trail with narrow tires and did not like it. Although it was pointed out to him that wide tires add pneumatic trail and one point of lowering geometric trail is to maintain the balance and keep total trail reasonable, by that time his mind was made up and he refused to try wider tires. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
