Eamon said "I do hope all the Taiwan bikes don't go to that extreme"
That could mean one of two things A. I hope that ZERO Taiwan-made Rivendell models have a chainstay length of >50cm in any framesize B. I hope that there remain one or more Taiwan-made Rivendell models that are touring capable with a chainstay length of <50cm in my size The wording of Eamon's comment sounds like A, but I think he meant more like B. Bill Lindsay El Cerrito, CA On Tuesday, May 29, 2018 at 8:43:59 AM UTC-7, Eamon Nordquist wrote: > > 1983 Trek 720's and 850's had 47 and 48.5 cm stays, respectively. I > suspect those were the maximum length you could get. Great riding bikes. I > think most people would objectively consider those long chainstays, and > that's about in the range of the current Waterford Atlantis. I doubt > Jobst's stays were any longer than that. > > Now, if one has reasons to find stays well into the 50's too long for > their purposes, that doesn't necessarily make you a long chainstay denier > who insists on 42-43 cm stays. I bet the very looong Riv's do ride great, > but I do hope all the Taiwan bikes don't go to that extreme. That doesn't > mean not making long bikes, but hopefully still keeping a Taiwan made > option that can tour, without having chainstays well into the 50-60 cm > range. > > Eamon > Seattle > > -- 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.
