I've often read about how shorter chainstays helped MTB's climb but never really understood it until recently when I read something where it was explained that longer chainstays are further back from the rider's weight and therefore more likely to "slip" while climbing dirt and gravel while shorter chainstays have more weight on them and maintain climbing traction better.
No personal experience with this but it sounds reasonable and might be something to think about when considering a bike with the chainstay length of the Cheviot. On Thursday, June 5, 2014 2:52:11 PM UTC-5, BenG wrote: > > Re MTB chain stay length: my 1990 MB-1 is much easier to pedal on long > uphill trails than my 1987 Schwinn Sierra, and the Schwinn goes downhill > like a rocket rail sled in comparison to the B'stone. Those two bikes are > kind of at extremes of chainstay length - I think the MB-1 broke ground > with short stays and the Schwinn is classic early trail bike. FWIW. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
