Re: [CR]Fastback seatstays?! Was: Trek TX900 Frame Ebay# 1018754618

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From: <RaleighPro531@aol.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2001 19:40:02 EDT
Subject: Re: [CR]Fastback seatstays?! Was: Trek TX900 Frame Ebay# 1018754618
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org


In a message dated 10/19/2001 7:22:06 PM Eastern Standard Time, mpetry@bainbridgeisland.net writes:


> My thought is that f/b seatstay attach is more solid and (ahem) transmits
> the load from the rear wheel into the frame more directly / harshly than a
> conventional wrap over.
>
> My personal fave is the shoot-in design a la classic Raleigh Pro "Brampton
> Victor".
> I like the look on my Raleigh Professional. I also prefer Raleigh's treatment to Trek's. It does seem to ride more harshly than my Comp GS. Sewups helped to smooth it out. I didn't even ride my Raleigh Pro this year. Mostly been riding easier going bikes.

Peter T. Geurds
Douglassville, PA