Road Bike Geometry: Traditional vs. Comfort (eg. Trek 1000 vs. Trek Pilot 1.0)

Sorry, make that the May issue of Velo News.
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Bicycles have much more compliance laterally. Some work (at Trek) seems
to show that lateral stiffness does indeed have something to do with
perceived ride comfort, although how exactly this works is not clear.
This was reported in the Velo News article on frame stiffness testing
that I mentioned some time ago. I believe it was the May issue.
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_ One thing I've always pondered is how often a bicycle is actually
completely vertical. If you tilt a bike sideways lateral
compliance in the frame has a vertical component. I'd also
guess that even if the bike is completely vertical, there is
generally some lateral component to the driving forces from
"road noise". In particular there is likely an imbalance of
force between the front and back wheel.

_ I doubt any of this matters, but the mind wanders...

_ Booker C. Bense




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Mark Hickey wrote:
"Johnny Sunset aka Tom Sherman" wrote:

Mark Hickey wrote:
"* * Chas" wrote:

...BTW, I like the geometries that you use on
your frames.

Thanks - I haven't found anything that works better. ;-)

See http://www.ransbikes.com/images06/F5XP/7F5XP.jpg for an example
of a better frame geometry.

Wait, I was talking about bikes... ;-)

Bicycle - noun
1. A vehicle with two wheels in tandem, usually propelled by pedals
connected to a wheel by a chain, and having handlebars for steering and
a seat.

Do we need to explain this further to Mark?

--
Tom Sherman - Here, not there.