Grant has often talked of the natural engineering unity of a diamond frame -- more strength for less weight. I can't remember the bibliographic details, but it came up often in the RR.
On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 10:25 PM, cyclotourist <cyclotour...@gmail.com>wrote: > Good question... I wonder. > Maybe limited by 19th century metallurgy they weren't as strong, so had to > be seriously overbuilt. Then the racer-set didn''t like them, so the were > relegated to utility bikes, and then to utility bikes for people with > skirts. I'm just making that up of course, but you're right, had to be some > reason for the design to not be popular. > > Cheers, > David > > > > On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 8:53 PM, Michael <john11.2...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> When you stop and think about it, it makes one wonder why mixtes and >>> ladies frames *weren't *the standard for bike frame design all along >>> for both sexes and why top tubes even came along. >>> It is only natural for a human to need a frame that has total clearance >>> between the legs. That would make the most sense for mounting/dismounting >>> and emergency dismounts. >>> >> -- >> 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 post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > > -- > 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 post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- __________________________________________________________________________ BUSINESS BUILDING COME-ON!! $300 off a $600 resume + letter or Linked In profile package with referral that leads to full price sale! Refer two full-pay clients and you get the package for free! I am not cheap, but I am very good. So they say. http://resumespecialties.com/testimonials.html Patrick Moore, Ph.D, MBA, ACRW, Albuquerque, NM, USA http://resumespecialties.com/index.html * patrickmo...@resumespecialties.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 post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
