Hello CR'ers -
Roy's find http://www.rijwiel.net/
The subject is cross frames (frames with crossed members, not that macho "here's mud in your eye" racing format, nor are these frames angry ;-).
One manufacturer essentially says (my summary of the text and drawing in yellow) "We see no advantage to this type of frame, but the market made us make them". Sounds like a candid Cannondale? Trek? GT? Pinarello? Yes, except it was observed 100 years ago.
Everything is so different now . . .
Cheers,
Skip Echert in snowy Renton, WA
At 06:46 AM 3/17/02, you wrote:
> I think Warren's right, I typed 'quadrant' into Google image
> search, and on the first page was images of navigation quadrants and a
> S-A shifter from Sheldon's site, they're a very similar shape. There's
> also a Triumph Quadrant, a four-place bicycle, and this interesting
> history page http://www.rijwiel.net/
> images of maps, space photos, charts, and college campuses.
>
>Roy 'any bicycle swap meet is better than sitting at home' Drinkwater
>Lititz 'cold & snow?', PA
>
>
>>I suspect they are called quandrants due to their resemblence to the
>>navigation tool of the same name. Is the sky divided up into
>>quadrants...any trained mariners out there?
>>
>>Warren Young
>>Toronto
>>
>>
>>>
>>>By the way, anyone know why they are called "Quadrant"? That seems to imply
>>>4-speed, eh?
>>>
>>>Mark Bulgier