On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 11:50 PM, happyriding <happyrid...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I'm confused again. I was thinking that wide chainstays require high > Q cranks. But if the drop out width is standard, is it just the way > the chain stay splays out near the BB that determines Q? Can a frame > builder make a bike with low Q yet still accept 50mm tires? My 65 mm (actual, measured with a digital caliper)-tire'd Monocog has a Q of 150. I could get 70 mm tire in that frame. Forget what cranks, but they take that early design splined bb. > If so, > why does Rivendell make all their bikes with high Q? > My two customs have Qs of 130; the Sam Hill has a 160 with a modern splay-armed triple with at least 1 cm of clearance between arms and stays. -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW at resumespecialt...@gmail.com (505) 227-0523 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
