I'm not a bike designer, but the weight gain seems easy to understand. Extending the chainstays for more wheelbase means having to beef up the tubing. The trade-off for a "better" ride is more weight. In other words, if you flatten out the traditional diamond frame shape, you need heavier tubes to keep the same strength.
On Tuesday, July 26, 2022 at 12:14:06 AM UTC-4 atreya...@gmail.com wrote: > I have had my homer for 6 months . After lot of experimenting , obsessing > qnd tweaking i am almost 99% there ( in the process I have a mini nitto > shop with almost all variations of handlebars !which I will try to find a > good home for when I get to it ) . The more I tweak and better it > gets, more I obsesss , funny how that works ! > > I love this bike ! It is super comfortable but yet super responsive in > handling . I am invariably smiling and instantly in a good mood every time > I ride it even if just for 10 minutes! > > It feels super nimble and responsive compared to my Atlantis ( which is my > first love and forever bike for different reasons ) and want to further > differentiate between the two .So this brings me to my question > > 1. Compared to my Atlantis it weighs just 4 lbs less (28 vs 32 ) . How > much of this handling difference is due to weight compared geometry and > tubing stiffness ? I am also pretty light weight between 160-165 lbs so > might be little more sensitive to weight changes on bike . > 2. If it’s weight ? Is it worth to chase some more weight savings ? I > want to set it up as lightweight go around town for fun type of bike while > Atlantis would do longer touring/hauling , trails etc. I am surprised when > I see numbers close to 25lb or under . I have no racks or fenders , so > where can those weight saving come from ? I am not willing to sacrifice > comfort ( pedals and leather saddle ) and definitely not my kick stand :-) > . Below is my current set up > > Size : 54.5 > > Wheels : pacenti brevet with son28 dynamo and > > Tires : RH squanomie pass standard (tubeless) > > Shimano hub ( I have realized the use case for dynamo for my riding is > pretty limited so wouldn’t mind losing it ) . > > Crank : silver cranks 42-28 > > Brake set up : Paul racers and canti levers > > Cock pit : albatross bar , nitto talux stem . > > > Appreciate your thoughts ! > > > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/c5f77dc2-9b47-49d5-a776-99dde66a94fan%40googlegroups.com.
