in 1991 'planing' wasn't a word. In 1991, Grant was arguing for some flex, because in 1991, the 'stiffer is better' movement had come to dominate the industry. In that context, Grant is arguing for flex. But, Grant has consistently said that a bike can be too flexible and a bike can be too stiff, and he tries to design bikes in the middle.
In 2016, there are planing zealots who believe that it is not possible for a bike to be too flexible. To those people, Rivendells are considered overbuilt and over stiff. Grant has stuck with his opinion that a little flex is good and too much flex is bad. People who want more flex than a Rivendell offers should go buy another bike that flexes to their liking. Rivendell will likely never build a bike that Grant believes is too flexible. As long as Jan Heine's influence is around, there will be many people who think Rivendells are stiffer than necessary for spirited riding. People with those opinions and with a fair bit of money and patience should probably go buy a gorgeous M.A.P. and ride away happy. Bill Lindsay El Cerrito, CA On Monday, October 10, 2016 at 10:28:17 AM UTC-7, Lungimsam wrote: > > So if he knows about the benefits of planing I wonder why he stopped > making frames that will plane for light riders with light loads? I wonder > why he went to the oversized thicker wall tubes that makes it harder for > a bike to flex ? -- 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.
