Warren Young writes:
> I really do like to ride my SL frame, but I feel faster on my
> EL-OS bike. I guess I'm a victim of the stiff-is-good myth that
> has been perpetuated...maybe.
Not sure what you're saying here (maybe you were kidding?). SL and EL-OS are very close in stiffness. Probably too close to tell.
Well, Columbus did include some optional, larger tubes under the EL-OS moniker, mainly a 1-3/8" down tube. But if yours was made with the standard 1-1/4" DT, that is extremely close to the stiffness of the 1-1/8" SL DT due to thicker wall on the SL. All the other tubes are in the ballpark too, some of them stiffer in SL than in EL-OS.
Does the EL-OS frame have a geometry that emphasizes stiffness more than the SL frame?
Mark Bulgier
Seattle, Wa
USA