Well said! I hope that Bernie Mikkelsen has been returned to it's rightful owner!
> > I'm definitely not in your frame size range, but the double top tube > approach is pretty valid - particularly for taller frames which are flexing. > > The tall Hilsens were the first to get the twin top tube treatment from Riv > - the Bomba design came together after that. About the same time, GP was > writing about truss structures in the Readers, and how they distributed > forces and created appropriately rigid structures. I think that was the > genesis of that twin top tube approach when appropriate. > > There are others who have reached the same conclusion - Bernie Mikkelsen as > an example: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/jimg/403130063/ > > Obviously, you have to get your mind around it, but as evidence in favor, > I'd point out that if your Salsa is flexing and you are in love with your > Bomba, it sounds like you're already there. > > The actual weight of a top tube and the two half-lugs is pretty danged > minimal. If you plunked 'em on a balance scale with a water bottle on the > other side.... > > The resultant ride is going to be what a smaller sized rider gets with a > single top tube frame - riv comfort and superb handling. Just what you want > for your next brevet. > > - 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 > > "That which is overdesigned, too highly specific, anticipates outcome; the > anticipation of outcome guarantees, if not failure, the absence of grace." > > William Gibson - "All Tomorrow's Parties"- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- 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.
