Should read "deflection," not "defection." On Wednesday, August 5, 2020 at 10:15:29 AM UTC-7 S wrote:
> On Wednesday, August 5, 2020 at 2:27:30 AM UTC-7 brendonoid wrote: > >> Riv tests its frames and Grant would have the math on this? I would >> think? *shrug* > > > No need to be snarky. I know Riv tests their frames and that they pass the > strictest test for mountain frames. My point was, I don't know if, *in > the specific case of adding a second top tube*, Grant based his decision > on an actual test, or engineering numbers -- that is, did he run some kind > of defection test, see that the larger frames were *flexing significantly > more than smaller frames* and only then decide to add the second top tube > to these larger frames? I doubt it, which isn't to say he made a bad > decision, I just have no evidence he added the second tube to solve a > *serious, > known problem.* That's fine. I think it hurts nothing and looks cool. > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/38c37a0e-9728-43f0-8add-9ddbe51d2015n%40googlegroups.com.
