on 5/19/10 12:24 AM, happyriding at happyrid...@yahoo.com wrote: > On May 19, 12:36 am, CycloFiend <cyclofi...@earthlink.net> wrote: >> on 5/18/10 9:57 PM, happyriding at happyrid...@yahoo.com wrote: >> >>> On May 18, 8:38 pm, CycloFiend <cyclofi...@earthlink.net> wrote: >> >>>> I'm not quite following your math (geometry?) on this. When they describe >>>> the horizontal extension as 65 mm, wouldn't that be the just 5 mm longer >>>> than a 6 cm Technomic stem? >> >>> If you have two stems: an 80mm Dirt Drop (with 65mm extension) and a >>> 6cm Technomic, it will be impossible for you to get the bars in the >>> same spot--no matter what you do. Additionally, you will never get >>> the bars to be within even .5 cm of each other. >> >> That's the statement I'm not following. > > > Here's a picture: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/49416...@n00/4620513517/ > > The next picture shows the trigonometry/math.
Ok. So, I think we were both making the same error, though on different aspects of the problem. In your photo, you are showing the 6.5 _extension_ as a 6.5 _reach_ The extension would be at a 90 degree angle from the quill, as shown in the Habenero diagram, or the alex w. tool that Seth shared. I was thinking of the Technomic as having a 6 cm extension, when it actually had a 6 cm reach. Thanks for creating that image. - Jim -- Jim Edgar cyclofi...@earthlink.net Cyclofiend Bicycle Photo Galleries - http://www.cyclofiend.com Current Classics - Cross Bikes Singlespeed - Working Bikes Gallery updates now appear here - http://cyclofiend.blogspot.com "There were messengers who named their bikes, but Chevette never would have done that, and somehow because she did think about it like it was something alive." William Gibson - "Virtual Light" -- 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.
