On 06/20/2014 02:36 PM, Tim McNamara wrote:
Yes, the design is the major factor in terms of how the bike handles and
rides... however. The tubing diameter and wall thickness directly influence
the stiffness (or perhaps more accurately the spring rate) of each tube. This
in turn will affect
My initial comments about my Heron Road generated a good bit of discussion
about the perceived wonderfulness of a specific tube, which has been
interesting and informative, but possibly misses a salient fact about said
bicycle: I've owned several Grant-designed bikes, and they all have an
As a Heron Road owner, I can certainly agree with what you've described below.
I've never really cared about the tubes or tube specs as I've assumed that the
great ride quality is the result of the geometry and careful tube selection.
Simply picking up the same tubes and making a different
Hi Joe,
I agree with you about the Riv handling-- the ride of the Hunqapillar is
just special compared to other bikes I've ridden.
I remembered this blinded tubing comparison from Bruce Gordon's site.
Steel vs Steel: Tange Prestige and Columbus SL
That captures exactly what I love about the Rivendell road bikes I've owned
-- particularly the snap into a different direction with no compromise in
stability. I fully agree that minutiae about tubing specs play a very small
part in this compared to frame design. Grant has a magic touch there.
Shoji,
Thanks for posting that link. It was an interesting read. I wonder if a
lot of what they experienced in road dampening qualities was due to the
difference in fork flex (thinking of Jan Heine's ideas about the shock
absorption of round, thin wall fork blades). It would be interesting to
Yes, the design is the major factor in terms of how the bike handles and
rides... however. The tubing diameter and wall thickness directly influence
the stiffness (or perhaps more accurately the spring rate) of each tube. This
in turn will affect the bike's response to loading whether from
