My Bruce Gordon Rock 'n Road is the first frame I have owned with a sloping top tube.
What got me was how small frame looked when I unpacked it. As I built it, the frame appeared to be expanding before my eyes. The Bruce Gordon frame built up is significantly lighter and somewhat shorter overall than my Trek 728 was yet heel clearance with the large Ortlieb panniers is pretty close. I am not 100% with the aesthetics versus the Trek, but I am coming around on the practicalities. On Nov 2, 4:53 pm, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery <thill....@gmail.com> wrote: > A horizontal TT has long been part of the standard design. An > upsloping TT allows the headtube to be higher relative to the saddle, > which makes it easier to get the handlebar high enough. That's the Riv > reasoning. I think a lot of other manufacturers do it for other > reasons (style, weight, "stiffness", etc). > > On Nov 2, 4:46 pm, Surf <markl...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > I notice that some of the Rivs have Sloped Top Tubes, many other bikes > > too....while others have horizontal. Does anyone know the reason why? > > > Surf --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
