How much of a difference do longer chain stays have on ride quality? I'm like Leah: when the Betty Foy was discontinued in favour of the Cheviot, I became a little covetous myself.
On Saturday, June 11, 2016 at 4:36:16 PM UTC-7, René wrote: > > I seem to recall that the chain stays are a bit longer on the Cheviot. But > not much. > > On Saturday, June 11, 2016, Michael Hechmer <mhec...@gmail.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Since we have both frames (see post chevy-ut meets Betty, falls in love) >> I can state that the only difference is the paint job. >> Michael >> >> On Saturday, June 11, 2016 at 12:44:40 PM UTC-4, LeahFoy wrote: >>> >>> I don't have a good reason for asking the question, save only a nagging >>> curiosity. How much of an improvement to the ride did Grant make when he >>> changed up Rivendell's mixte? I admit I do like the name of the Cheviot and >>> the head badge and the story of the sheep over the Foy's. And does it ride >>> better, too??? Now that the Chev is arriving in Betty Foy blue (which I >>> think is the loveliest color combo in Riv history) I may be just a tad >>> envious. >>> >>> *I will take a moment here to give myself a spanking for feeling >>> covetous towards another bike almost exactly like mine, when I have said my >>> current bike is perfect and feels like it was made for ME.* >>> >>> Does anyone have knowledge of how these two bikes stack up against one >>> another? I know "longer chain stays" but what does that really mean? >>> >>> -- >> 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
