And for the list: The technical discussion in Riv Reader #26 is Grant's treastise on this subject. "How handlebar height affects how far the bars are from you, and why that means top tube length is something you shouldn't harp on."
On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 6:54 PM, Tim Gavin <tim.ga...@littlevillagemag.com>wrote: > The smaller San Marcos frames also have 650b wheels, which gives Grant > even more wiggle room to design a slack seat angle. Like Anne said, the > seat tube is longer because the seat tube angle really is that relaxed. > Longer chainstays helps a designer too. In smaller frames, short > chainstays + big wheels = steep seat tube angle. > > I'm sorry for the misinformation earlier; the 51cm top tube measurement is > inside-to-inside, not c-to-c. > > Tim > -- 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.
