"Why is everyone trying to "design" a new bike?" Because it is fun for some people to idly speculate about the design of bicycles. Especially when it's too cold to ride or when the speculator is too ill to ride.
Or it's just another manifestation of the "N+1" theory. My stable of bikes could always use one more, what should that one be? Rivendell's line up could always use one more, what should that be? Either way, it's just idle fantasy. Fun-having. On Saturday, January 5, 2013 10:44:23 AM UTC-8, Richard K. wrote: > > I like Riv's bike lineup as is. > Had I won, I would have used the custom option simply to have the > geometry/dimensions made perfect for my long-legged, short torso'd, 5'6", > 140 lb.body. Why is everyone trying to "design" a new bike? > > On Wednesday, January 2, 2013 12:52:55 PM UTC-5, William wrote: >> >> One potential custom idea that I think would be cool would be a proper >> touring bike with really long chainstays. I'm thinking an Atlantis front >> end with maybe 50-52cm chainstays. Virtually everybody who's tried to fit >> a pannier knows that the downside to too-short chainstays on a touring bike >> is that your feet hit the panniers and you may have insufficient clearance >> for the tires you want to run. What's the downside to too-long chainstays >> on a touring bike? I cannot think of one. Before riding the Appaloosa I >> would have speculated that maybe it would be too flexy or maybe the >> handling would be too weird. Now that I have ridden the Appaloosa, I know >> first-hand that both of those fears are 100% misplaced. >> >> The longest chainstays I know of on traditional touring bikes are in the >> 47-48cm range, but I'm not an expert on the topic. Another full inch or >> two of heel room might be perfect for everything touring-related EXCEPT >> packing the bike. Eventual lucky-raffle-winner, consider it! >> >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/jr0ndXbBPSIJ. 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.
