Very interesting! Thanks for adding specific details that came from RBW.
On Friday, February 13, 2015 at 8:11:27 AM UTC-6, Leslie wrote: > > On Wednesday, February 11, 2015 at 7:26:43 PM UTC-5, Chris Lampe 2 wrote: >> >> All of these numbers and facts are being pulled from my memory of reading >> about Rivendells for several years so they may not be 100% accurate but >> they are probably close. >> >> I remember the Atlantis having .9/.6./.9 tubing, which isn't really that >> stout. I don't know if I've seen the tubing stats for the Hunq but I'm >> sure they are thicker and may be the same as the Bombadil, which I've read >> was 1.x straight gauge tubing. >> >> I communicated with Grant several years ago when I weighed 360 and the >> Hunq/Bomba were the only Riv's he would recommend for me. He would not >> recommend the Atlantis so there is definately a tubing difference. >> > > > FWIW: at some point, I ended up in a bike-camping discussion that was > related to tubing, and ended up, I asked Riv about my Bombadil specifically > (one of the diaga-tubed Bomba's). Their reply was: > > > *"The seat tube is a straight gauge OX platinum .8mm tube that is opened > up to accept a 26.8 post at the top. The top tube and down tube are also > .8 straight gauge OX Platinum tubes. We opted for a stouter than normal > seat tube so that the tube would be thicker at the mid seat brazing > point. You've got plenty of steel there!*" > > And in another email, they said the diagonal was the same as the top-tube; > so, at least for my Bomba, the top, diagonal, and downtube are all straight > 8, and the seat tube is also a .8, save for the upper end, to accept the > seatpost. > > I think, w/ the diagonal, there wasn't any need to go larger than the > straight 8. > > > -L > > > -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
