Guess I see the undertube as marketing in this case. Not to keep the bike different than a MCFB but to do something different than Surly, Salsa, or Raleigh. Personally, I see this bike competing more with the Pacer, Casseroll or Port Townsend than a typical off the shelf racing bike. And maybe Soma feels that type of buyer would be more open to an undertube.
Again, that's just my opinion. No matter how I look at it, the bike is still too skinny and racy for my tastes. Especially since this year seems to be one of pootling on the bike. Eric Platt St. Paul, MN On Apr 17, 8:26 pm, CycloFiend <cyclofi...@earthlink.net> wrote: > on 4/17/11 11:25 AM, Jeremy Till at jeremy.t...@gmail.com wrote: > > > I'd ride one. I wonder if a 59 or a 63 would fit me better. > > Yeah, I'm actually a bit curious as to how the specific sizing on this > bicycle will turn out. I've ridden one, and it was a pretty spritely little > beast. > > http://ramblings.cyclofiend.com/?p=431 > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/cyclofiend/4468312567/ > > It was a 54(55?), and I'm ~5'11", riding a 58 Quickbeam and a 59 Hilsen. It > was a touch small feeling when I first got on it, but worked OK. I'd > probably want to try both. > > As far as the second top tube...man, that feature does seem to divide folks > into camps... ;^) > > There's no appreciable difference in weight, IMO. If you've ever hefted a > light tapered tube, you'll know what I mean. And, since the frame _is_ > built with lighter tubing and higher clearances (certainly more than the > Ramboulliet, which got cited as not needing a 2TT), maybe it does make a > difference when the triangles get big and stresses accumulate. I'll reserve > judgement until I ride one of them. > > - J > > -- > Jim Edgar > cyclofi...@earthlink.net > > Could you take a moment to vote for me? > > I am entered in a audiobook contest which is initially determined by public > voting - if you could go here - > > http://tinyurl.com/vote-jimedgar > > register on the Bookperk site and vote for my read > -http://tinyurl.com/vote-jimedgar- I'd really appreciate it. You can vote > one time each day until early May. Vote early, vote often! > > Thanks! -- 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-bunch@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.
