On 11/12/2013 12:07 PM, NickBull wrote:
I am in the process of building one up. Shorter chainstays should
make the frame more responsive, which is a plus for randonneuring.
And since this frame is designed for front-loading, there's no reason
to have long chainstays for pannier clearance. There is certainly
plenty of room in the rear triangle for fenders and 650Bx42 Hetre's.
Don't know about your top tube issue, mine is a 58cm.
Shorter top tube than seat tube, often by as much as 2-3cm on level top
tube designs is not at all uncommon for randonneur bikes, and that's
true for the largest two sizes. The 58 cm is square, and for the three
smallest size frames the top tube is longer than the seat tube.
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http://somafab.blogspot.com/2013/06/soma-grand-randonneur-official-geometry.html
Agree that the fork isn't as pretty as on a Riv, but it isn't a
truly-ugly dogleg bend, or even worse one of these new-fangled forks
that has no bend at all. Like you, I'm culling another bike and
moving the parts over -- the two things I've had to buy new for this
bike are cantilever brakes and a cantilever-based front rack.
As to the comment about the crown race having been milled to the wrong
standard, if you buy your frame and fork from Mike Kone, he is milling
the crown race to the correct setting before he ships the frame. I
had a 26.4, 1" threaded Ritchey headset sitting around that I had
bought but never used, and it installed with no problem.
I just need to put the front brakes on and connect up the cables and I
should be able to go on a short test ride, probably tonight.
Looking forward to hearing how that goes.
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