That's an awesome overlay! On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 1:30 PM, Zed Martinez <iamzedmarti...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > The Clem is a much more laid back, cruiserish, town bike. Upright is way >> upright. Stays are extra long. I think it could handle anything, but it >> wont be quick doing those things. >> Clearances- easier on the Clem, but similar >> >> > I haven't touched either in person, so, I can't say with confidence. But, > I keep calculating out the geometries on these too, and I think the only > thing that really makes the Clem seem more laid back and cruiserish is just > that it's how they keep building them. The frame angles are pretty much > identical. The head tube might be just a bit more slack, but it's hard to > tell since the margin for error when calculating these things from > measurements is outside the .5 degree range that matters. The biggest > difference is that the Clem has a 1-2cm longer top tube and the longer > chainstays. Those don't have to mean cruiser/town. Heck, it looks like the > reach from the sit point of the saddle to the stem on the 52cm demo bike > built as a townie is exactly the same as on my current camping bike > converted from an old road frame with a standard touring stance, despite > the old bike I'm using having a much, much shorter top tube. So, I think > just looking at the geometries on the frame it ought to be plenty flexible > for uses outside just being a cruiser/townie style. Probably still a little > more laid back about it, but with a short reach stem and saddle forwards I > don't think it'll be that much different. Mostly it just seems like a > longer, cheaper Hunq. Heck, that's how I've started thinking about it as I > compare the geometries. The poor man's Hunq. > > I did the best I could to compare the Hunq and Clems at similar sizes. If > both of them are running the same size cranks (and since they have the same > pedals and /those/ sized to match correctly, I feel they are), this should > be a mostly accurate comparison of the two geometries at roughly comparable > sizes. It's closer than you'd think seeing them built up as differently as > they are. > > http://zedmartinez.com/samples/clem-hunq.jpg > > -- > 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. > -- Cheers, David Member, Supreme Council of Cyberspace "it isn't a contest. Just enjoy the ride." - Seth Vidal -- 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.
