I love the twin mixte style diagatubes! Am I thinking correctly that they will be side-by-side from headtube back to seat tube, at which point they will splay out and tentaculate back near the dropouts, one curving up to a seatstay, the other curling down to the chainstay? Will Mark Nobi be brazing on those spanning webs to attach a h2o cage onto those twin diagatubes? Whatever they come up with it sounds sweet
On Thursday, August 22, 2013 2:08:36 PM UTC-7, Liesl wrote: > > Here's some fun news! I talked with Mark at Riv and there seems to be a > groovy design solution to having a really small frame (in the 50cm range) > with a diagatube! When last you tuned in (if you tuned in at all), you > might recall (or might not) that Grant said that getting a diagatube, lugs, > and clearance for 55mm tires and fenders was like trying to get 4 balls > into 3 and a half holes. Here's how it's likely to go: 26" wheels > (already knew that) and— > > —*double* small diameter old school Mixte-style diagatubes that are > mitered and fillet brazed somewhere about the head tube. Where it's brazed > to will be Mark Nobilette's choice; could be to the top tube, could be to > the head tube, could be to the bottom tube. Mark was quite excited as he > described it. It would be truly totally custom. > > Current thinking on the build kit is as follows: > 58 Boscos, Meisha's Cork (normal), Paul Thumbies + Shimano BarEnds, brake > levers to be determined, Tange/IRD NeedL BlastR Roller Drive Headset > > Phil "Rivy" Hub - Rivy 32h Rear Hub, New SON 28 32H Front Hub, 26" > Aeroheat Rims, Schwalbe Big Bens > > Sugino XD2 wide/low double Crank 40t x 26t, VP Thin Gripster pedals > > Brooks Champion Flyer select, Paul Tall and Handsome seatpost > > As always, your thoughts are welcomed! > -- 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/groups/opt_out.
