That depends on what you mean by "fairly recently;" From a 2008 interview, talking about design a more stable small bike. (He also talks about stretching out big bikes in a similar manner.):
*You can’t create a long front-center without making the bike nutty forward of the bottom bracket, but you can absolutely just lengthen the chainstays and make the bike less jerky that way. There are no drawbacks, either.* I've seen other references from the fairly distant past regarding long chainstays, but lost the bookmarks. The wonderful Clem Smith Jr. brochure has a nice schematic of how to balance a load on a bicycle--front, back, high, low -- to keep handling reasonable. On Wednesday, July 20, 2016 at 3:47:33 PM UTC-4, Philip Kim wrote: > > He was never a believer in long stays either - until fairly recently. It's > not like it wouldn't make total sense as more Rivs are being front loaded, > including a lot of the staff. I don't foresee going completely low trail, > but I wouldn't be surprised if it was more mid to mid-high trail for > neutral handling. This would allow his bikes to be configured in any number > of ways and provide a lot of versatility. Something which Grant has > consistently valued. > > On Wednesday, July 20, 2016 at 3:22:27 PM UTC-4, Joe Bernard wrote: >> >> The designs have evolved to accommodate the high bars and big tire >> clearances he's always supported. Grant has never been a believer in low >> trail, and I suspect is tired of hearing about it. > > -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
