On Mon, 2010-03-01 at 10:06 -0800, newenglandbike wrote:
> I took another look at the article last night, and this is an
> (approximate) summary of what's in it:
>
> In the test, two of the forks compared had equivalent offsets and
> tubing, but one had a much lower, tighter bend than the other.
I think the answer is yes, the force due to a bump universally tends to flex
a bent fork tube. Ditto that it it tends more strictly to compress a
straight one. But is the difference really big enough to be universally
discernible? Clearly Jan thinks that for highly bent forks it is
significant.
No.
On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 7:44 AM, Steve Palincsar wrote:
> On Sun, 2010-02-28 at 23:43 -0500, Ken Freeman wrote:
> > To make this comparison you'd have to make the two forks of identical
> > crowns, steer tubes, and the same headsets. Flex involves those parts
> > as well as the blade.
>
> Di
On Sun, 2010-02-28 at 23:43 -0500, Ken Freeman wrote:
> To make this comparison you'd have to make the two forks of identical
> crowns, steer tubes, and the same headsets. Flex involves those parts
> as well as the blade.
Did you read the BQ article?
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To make this comparison you'd have to make the two forks of identical
crowns, steer tubes, and the same headsets. Flex involves those parts as
well as the blade.
On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 4:42 PM, Steve Palincsar wrote:
> On Sun, 2010-02-28 at 11:43 -0800, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery wrote:
> >
I saw a photo of a Toei bike that had the fork crown set back from the
steerer a couple cm so they could use a longer curve on the lower part
of the fork blades for comfort without making the trail too low. Clever!
On Feb 28, 2010, at 12:43, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery > wrote:
I don't
On Sun, 2010-02-28 at 11:43 -0800, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery wrote:
> I don't believe that it's necessarily true that a curved fork will
> have a softer ride than an equally raked straight fork with the same
> blades. If there is some difference, I bet it's tiny. Unless you're
> using a rock-har
Do they really not flex as well, despite the offset at the crown and if they
are properly tapered? I haven't noticed any difference in the two straight
bladed forks I've used, tires being similar to those ridden on curved-leg
forks.
IOW: is it universally true that a well designed straight blade f
On Feb 28, 2010, at 8:03 AM, JoelMatthews wrote:
Starting to notice a few more of Brad's bikes here in the Twin
Cities. There are probably more, but I'm not part of any "in" crowd.
Jim from Hiawatha (Riv dealer = Riv content) went out to the show.
Hopefully he'll have a nice long report after
On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 9:03 AM, JoelMatthews wrote:
>> Starting to notice a few more of Brad's bikes here in the Twin
>> Cities. There are probably more, but I'm not part of any "in" crowd.
>>
>> Jim from Hiawatha (Riv dealer = Riv content) went out to the show.
>> Hopefully he'll have a nice lo
On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 10:31 PM, cyclotourist wrote:
> I actually have an itch to get one that looks like this:
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/brianwickman/316243850/
>
If anyone is interested by photog partner has posted more nahbs pictures today:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ejchang/4393289
I actually have an itch to get one that looks like this:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/brianwickman/316243850/
On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 7:29 PM, Seth Vidal wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 10:25 PM, cyclotourist
> wrote:
> > All my bikes have nice headbadges already :-)
> >
>
>
> I know - but the
On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 10:25 PM, cyclotourist wrote:
> All my bikes have nice headbadges already :-)
>
I know - but there are sad bicycles who don't have headbadges on their own.
poor, unloved bicycles.
but you can adopt one and give it a proper headbadge.
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On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 7:14 PM, Seth Vidal wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 8:30 PM, cyclotourist
> wrote:
> > Those Poka chainguards are what caught my eye!
> >
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>
> the headbadges from Poka are what impress me... For a bike w/o a
> headbadge I c
On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 8:30 PM, cyclotourist wrote:
> Those Poka chainguards are what caught my eye!
>
the headbadges from Poka are what impress me... For a bike w/o a
headbadge I cannot think of anyone else I would want to look at.
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Those Poka chainguards are what caught my eye!
On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 5:22 PM, EricP wrote:
> That actually surprised me a bit. His girlfriend was going to be
> making bags. (She already makes hats and possibly other recycled
> clothing.) And I think he's sewn a few himself.
>
> Starting to
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 11:53 PM, Michael_S wrote:
> ohhh mann... that Capricorn is very nice.
>
> would have loved to be there... maybe next year will be closer.
>
> how much is the bag? I don't see it on their website.
>
$95
I'll post pictures when it shows up.
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