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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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Road Bike Geometry: Traditional vs. Comfort (eg. Trek 1000 vs. Trek Pilot 1.0)
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In article . com, 41 wrote: 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. ‡ _ 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 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBRQmSO2TWTAjn5N/lAQH7lQQAreaYq4pEyMhq+UGs8RVOUR2fZlW6ixn9 Yrs5g0Vkz4FfaeNV9ueJzpP4nd3PSSg9lJLpZcs/vUIOwxYUDofq690PSvKvkDXG SHoM7Py5mLWwPZ+D/bwBUJuNS5hepexeGKfJ29V1cITmdMLKIKAmq9mlyO0eU8Mg xy0GnT5y2Hk= =qTwC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- |
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Road Bike Geometry: Traditional vs. Comfort (eg. Trek 1000 vs. Trek Pilot 1.0)
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. |
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