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Who still makes non-compact frame road bikes?
On 4/28/2012 5:53 AM, Lou Holtman wrote:
As you said the slope of the TT is immaterial so IMO there is no (fit) reasons to exclude these frames in your friends choice. If you accept the old Midas Muffler logic, that's true. The other shop welds a bunch of pipes onto the muffler they have in stock and assure the customer, "Fit? We'll _make_ it fit." You can take a few sizes of compact frames and use various seat posts, cut the threadless steer tube to length, and use different angle and reach stems, and "make it fit." But it isn't optimal. It's less comfortable, you have excessive seat post flex, you can't mount enough usable bottle cages, etc.. Unfortunately you'd drank the Kool Aid. |
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