That was a problem with the early Marin County inspired mountain bikes. Great at downhill and rolling terrain, but could lose traction on a steep climb.
Boring story alert! - Back ca. 1988 was racing mountain bikes. While pushing the bike up the back of Grandad Bluff near LaCrosse, WI I was passed by Joe Sloup and the rest of the Ross team on their very short seatstay bikes. All that said, I personally still like long rear chainstays for the extra cush. Eric Platt St. Paul, MN On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 1:43 PM, Mitchell Gass <[email protected]>wrote: > At 09:52 AM 1/2/2013, William wrote: > >> What's the downside to too-long chainstays on a touring bike? >> > > Reduced traction on loose surfaces. French constructeurs kept their > chainstays short to put more of the rider's weight over the rear wheel, and > low-trail geometry made it possible to put the bulk of the load in front. > > Mitchell Gass > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.**com<[email protected]> > . > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscribe@**googlegroups.com<rbw-owners-bunch%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/** > group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en<http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en> > . > > -- 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.
