The only bike I'm sure has "planed" for me was a 1977 Raleigh Grand Prix, and that was about 10 years before I heard the term. I had built it up as a fixed gear and I was surprised how light it was, being hi-tensile steel. Alas, it was a tad long for me in the top tube, and the bottom bracket was very fussy, so I traded it a month later. I think the tubing diameter was the relevant metric. It used standard tubes and I was probably only 150lbs back then.
On Tuesday, December 19, 2017 at 3:57:50 PM UTC-5, lum gim fong wrote: > > What does the flexing actually feel like? > > I have ridden a Bleriot, Sam, and Rambouillet. > > When I am fit, they all feel fast. > When I am not, sometimes the Sam and Bleriot felt like I could not get out > of my own way on hills. > With the Rambouillet, I feel like the pedals are easier to turn. Like they > are cooperating. Even on hills, they are responsive to the stroke, even > when going plodding slow uphill. Just easier to turn the pedals. All almost > identical builds and fit setups. > > Also, I have ridden with people who rode 531 and asked them if they felt > planing and they said no. > > I think butting length also effects the planing. > Also tire pressures/widths. > > > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
