Oh God, not another "Planing" discussion, argh!
On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 8:35 PM, PATRICK MOORE <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am curious, Grant: I ride scandalously narrow tires on my two small
> wheel customs and yet I find that they are surprisingly plush over smaller
> bumps (6" expansion cracks are another matter). 44 1/2 cm chainstays. Is it
> the chainstays that makes such otherwise nasty tires tolerable? ("Nasty" is
> self-defensive rhetoric; I like the way the new 650C X 23 Michelin Pro Race
> 3s climb. Must be the "Pro" and the "Race".)
>
> Other news: my erstwhile '73 Motobecane Grand Record frameset, now gone to
> a better owner, was noticeably lighter than the two Rivs. Yet it handled
> rear loads better. Also 44-45 cm chainstays. Why is this? Not complaining
> but I could carry 35 lb on the rear of the Motobecane without any real
> wagging, while the '03 Curt with that much is much more of a handful
>
> Noticed today that Jan says (or implies: I think I am paraphrasing
> correctly) that even OS tubed frames can "plane" if the dt is thicker than
> TT and ST. For what *that's* worth.
>
> On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 6:02 PM, Leslie <leslie.bri...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> AND, there ya go.... Straight from Grant.... Cool!
>>
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