Whoa. The order of flexiness from most to least really surprised me. It’s hard to imagine a double tuber 62cm Joe being more flexy than a Roadeo and hard to imagine both Clem’s being flexier than the Roadeo.
Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 4, 2020, at 7:05 PM, R Olson <ryan.trent.ol...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I'm 260 lbs and own a double TT Appa 58cm, 61 cm Roadeo, 64cm Clem L and 59cm > Clem L (the clem's are for other family members, but I've ridden them). > Here's the order from most flexy to least: > > 1) 64 cm Clem L > 2) 59 cm Clem L > 3) Roadeo > 4) Appa > > No surprise there, but the difference between 2 and 3 is substantial, and the > diff between 3 and 4 isn't very much at all. Have also owned a 62 cm double > TT Appa (1st Gen), which was flexier than the Roadeo. Not sure if the Roadeo > is made from the stiffer air-hardened steel variety. FWIW, the Roadeo feels > good, doesn't feel wobbly or like it's going to break or anything. > >> On Tuesday, August 4, 2020 at 11:52:48 AM UTC-6, S wrote: >> Mostly, it’s interesting to me that in going from an 18” (46cm) mountain >> bike frame to a 60cm frame there is apparently no need to make any design >> changes for the sake of rigidity. Or that, in this area, tubing gauge is >> much more important. I suppose I have been way overestimating how much bike >> frames flex. Does this mean smaller frames tend to be overbuilt? Does it >> have any implications for “planing”? I don’t know. > > -- > 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/172f698e-3224-4c84-88eb-0cd48cf938a8o%40googlegroups.com. -- 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/3D425FAE-7D5F-4825-93B8-ECCCBE4A6A15%40gmail.com.
