> On 21 Apr 2026, at 07:40, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Apr 20, 2026, at 10:33 PM, mike wilson <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Interesting frame design. Makes my engineering hackles stand up. > > I hadn't noticed that. My first though was "if you have your seat that far > back, do you commute by brachiating?". > But it actually looks like the relative position of the seat, cranks and rear > wheels is pretty close to normal, though the rearmost set of tubes might be a > bit more vertical than normal. Does that give you more weight on the rear > tire when going up hill on slick surfaces? > > Or I could ask the google monster, "flying gat" was enough of a clue > > https://www.hetchins.org/jarvis-01.htm > >>> https://adobe.ly/4toG63j
Another point of interest is that that Flying Gate is a fixed-gear bike. The guy who owns it lives quite near to the pub and has quite a stable of made-to-measure classic steel bikes, all fixed gear. He also takes part in Audax rides on them of 200 miles and more… As for brachiating, he is starting to develop arthritis in his hands and told me he is having to raise his handlebars to make riding easier, so if it goes on long enough he may end up brachiating. In fact, the seat is no further back than it would be with a conventional geometry, and probably has a much shorter reach than a normal racing (as opposed to touring or audaxing) bike. If you’d like to order one: https://tjcycles.co.uk/ -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
