A couple of us speculators suggested the stays were intended to counteract torsional forces in the rear triangle caused by the drive being on one side. Seems like as good a story as any, and they look pretty interesting as well. They are a bit muted with the bike built up. A front basket would be a nice complement to the overall look.
dougP On Dec 7, 3:44 pm, grant <grant...@gmail.com> wrote: > They're not "tentacle" stays...they're "tentacular" ! Good name. > Now, if I could only come up with a theory to explain the asymmetry. > > The truth is, when I sent my drawing to Taiwan (yes,this may be a > production bike at some distant point), I sent symmetrical stays, more > like the one of the drive side. When I got back their interpretation, > they were asymmetrical, like you see here. My first reaction was > exactly what anybody's would have been: "What'sit? Why? Who said to do > that? It's not what I'd expect--that kind of loosey goosey > creativity---from a do-as-you're-told Taiwanese CAD dude." THen, about > five seconds later, I loved it, welcomed it, and that was it. > > They have to have an effect, and the effect has to be a slight > stiffening or reinforcing. They can't NOT do that. The task is simple > and I like how they look, and so Tapebubba is kind of right. > > HS: Early on, I was thinking of this as a super slack bike. A slacker > bike. A Slackeur...and in keeping with the primate names lately, I > thought OK, Henri Slackeur..or Henriettta Slackeuse, for the fairer > sex there. But it seemed like too much of a joke on the American fad > of Frenchifying everything...not that we've never done that, but the > door is shut on it for now, at least. > > The current working model name is Abner Thorp...but I think that may > be too harsh for some, so it's far from final. It could be Rosco > Bubbe, even tho that was going to be for the kid's bike that probably > won't happen. I do like that name a lot. Right now I'm not thinking > much about the name (and please no suggestions, so I don't feel > horrible for not taking them, if I don't). I figure anybody who can > handle the curvey T-stays and the overall idea of the bike can also > handle a slightly out-of-bounds name, but it won't be H. Slackeur/ > Slackeuse. > > SIze on a production model, if it happens, will be 50.7, 54.3, 58.7, > 61.7. The smally will have 650B. The two bigs, 700c. The 54.3 I got > has 700c, but final may be 650B. The 650B Bettys we have a really boss- > riding bikes, and Dave here is rooting for it. I don't know yet. > > On Dec 7, 1:47 pm, William <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Still no explanation for the "HS" though. I wonder...- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
