"So what is the obsession with stiffer tubing," Hmmm. Sorry cant really say, find it a bit much myself. I have noticed differences, particularly climbing standing and "jumping". With a stiff bottom bracket there is an immediacy of forward response when you stomp a pedal, which I might characterize as "responsive". With a more flexible one the chain may intermittently rum on the fd cage as you climb out of the saddle. Some folks say a bike feels "dead" if nothing moves when they shove or pull on it. If you ride a loaded bike and the seat tube and head tube don't stay in plane, handling can suffer. I think its mostly stuff like that.
Perhaps somebody who feels stronger about it can give a better answer. On Aug 6, 7:42 pm, Peter Morgano <uscpeter11...@gmail.com> wrote: > So what is the obsession with stiffer tubing, in all seriousness? The only > bike I can remember flexing under me so much I noticed it was my Look > KG96 and it was CF which is supposedly super stiff, but it was more that I > was afraid at 250lbs of destroying it rather than being bothered by the > flexiness. I can remember back in the day reading about how pros loved 531 > due to its "springiness" while climbing, is the trend towards super stiff > just yet another marketing ploy? I wish I had the money to have 4 > totally different bikes to be able to ride them all back to back but at my > weight and riding conditions I rock the bombadil which while stiffer than > my old Raleigh International is certainly not dead feeling, then again I > only have one top tube, thankfully. > > > > > > > > On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 10:32 PM, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote: > > On Mon, 2012-08-06 at 19:21 -0700, ted wrote: > > > > I wouldn't say a complete kook, but a bit kooky maybe. Certainly he > > > even describes himself a well outside of mainstream thought on these > > > topics. I suspect that "planing" is only mostly settled in the view of > > > those who believe Jan (which I doubt is a majority of any relevant > > > group except perhaps BQ subscribers). > > > Well outside the "stiffer is always better" school of thought, for sure. > > A downright heretic in that respect. As for the rest, don't be so sure: > > they referred to what he calls "planing" as "a lively ride" back in the > > day, and bikes that had it were highly respected and enjoyed. > > > -- > > 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. -- 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.
