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Qui si parla Campagnolo-www.vecchios.com wrote:
http://www.giant-bicycles.com/en-US/...ad/1237/29254/ It's actually a brilliant frame (from a marketing POV). You take existing CF fork technology, modify a little for a rear wishbone, splice it to 2 plain CF tubes which you then sleeve into a typical welded Al frame. Slap on entry level wheels and components and charge a premium for the "technology". What's not to like? |
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I especially like this line- "Outstanding Lateral Stiffness. Thanks to aluminum's unyielding stiffness, Alliance models feature equal bottom bracket deflection as traditional aluminum frames, at a fraction of the weight." Aluminum's "unyielding stiffness?" What superlative would they have to use to describe just about any other material that would actually be even stiffer? It's not that it's aluminum that makes it stiff, it's the structure that aluminum allows you to build (larger diameters without a severe weight penalty). If it were steel, just think how "stiff" that tube would be! --Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles www.ChainReactionBicycles.com |
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Qui si parla Campagnolo-www.vecchios.com wrote:
http://www.giant-bicycles.com/en-US/...ad/1237/29254/ Peter Cole wrote: It's actually a brilliant frame (from a marketing POV). You take existing CF fork technology, modify a little for a rear wishbone, splice it to 2 plain CF tubes which you then sleeve into a typical welded Al frame. Slap on entry level wheels and components and charge a premium for the "technology". What's not to like? "seamless integration of these two materials" Means glue, yes? Sure, 'State of the art'. Whatever "Rigid yet flexible' Yawn, so 2006. Anything new here? -- Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org Open every day since 1 April, 1971 |
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On Oct 5, 8:57 am, "Mike Jacoubowsky" wrote:
http://www.giant-bicycles.com/en-US/...ad/1237/29254/ I especially like this line- "Outstanding Lateral Stiffness. Thanks to aluminum's unyielding stiffness, Alliance models feature equal bottom bracket deflection as traditional aluminum frames, at a fraction of the weight." Aluminum's "unyielding stiffness?" What superlative would they have to use to describe just about any other material that would actually be even stiffer? It's not that it's aluminum that makes it stiff, it's the structure that aluminum allows you to build (larger diameters without a severe weight penalty). If it were steel, just think how "stiff" that tube would be! --Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycleswww.ChainReactionBicycles.com Yep, if it were 'yielding' stiffness, that would be just before it broke. |
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