Salsa has this chart of ASTM riding conditions that most riders have seen in some form or another: https://salsacycles.com/files/tech/7532_SAL_ASTM_Use_Chart_F_Bikes.pdf
Grant mentions the European "EN" mountain bike standards in Clem descriptions, but not in any other bike description that I can recall. Unfortunately I can't find a free version of these EN standards anywhere, so no way to compare. Other mountain bikes I've bought from Surly, Specialized, and Trek all include a version of the ASTM chart with the bike's paperwork, indicating where the bike falls on the chart. I like this straight to the point way of explaining what that bike was manufactured to withstand, and what you'd better not try with it. Of course it's not air-tight, but it does give one an idea of what you can safely do with it. I'd like to have something like that for my Toyo Atlantis. Yes I know it's a strong bike built for road touring and some minor off-road stuff. But one assumes a Toyo Atlantis isn't as stout as a Hunq ... but practically speaking, what IS the difference? What are the reasonable limits for each? Should we assume all Riv's are ASTM 2's? I'm guessing there's some exhorbitant cost for having a bike ASTM tested, and that's why we don't have that info for Riv's. Anyway, Reed's tubing measurements project got me to thinking about this. No hand-wringing, just curious. I searched the bunch and didn't find anything much on this topic so thought I'd ask. Also, it would be great if anyone out there has an EN riding conditions chart to share. Thanks, Tom -- 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.
