Re: [CR]Pencil Stays / Why?

(Example: Framebuilding:Paint)

Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2002 10:44:50 -0700 (PDT)
From: "David Feldman" <feldmanbike@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Pencil Stays / Why?
To: Scott Goldstein <sgpnet@earthlink.net>, Classic Rendezvous <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
In-Reply-To: <200207091540.IAA21919@wren.mail.pas.earthlink.net>


My set of guesses: Fashion of the times influenced by concerns for both ride comfort and light weight, and perhaps before cyclists and bike designers got obsessed with lateral rigidity--ever seen people stepping on chainstays before the start of a ride playing "mine's stiffer than yours?"
David Feldman
Vancouver, WA


--- Scott Goldstein wrote:


> Just took a ride on my 1950 Hetchins (non-curly)
> with 4 speed Sturmey
> and admired the long and lanky thin pencil stays.
>
> Since I know less than nothing about frame building,
> I'd like to know
> more about this kind of style stay..
>
> why thin?
> purely aesthetics?
> ride quality difference?
>
> anything else?
>
>
> Cheers
>
> Scott
> ---
> Scott Goldstein
> Los Angeles
> Tuesday, 07/09/2002 8:37:55 AM Pacific time
>
>
>
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