B-2, Richie, Mark, list;
I love this kind of discussion!!
Is there a place on every builders "frame card" for handlebar model and reach?
After switching around a number of bars on some bikes this month, I've become more up to speed on this issue. It blows me away how much more or less forward sweep different models of bars have. I think I've got bars from 62mm to 88mm of reach at the brake levers. That's a full inch difference!
Many people clue in on top tube length, and stem size, but you're not done until you check your handlebar reach too!
Grant McLean toronto.ca
it is. ususally a cut tube yields a c-c measure that's 28mm longer. e-RICHIE chester, ct
Ritzmon@aol.com writes: Brian writes: <Having heard various things about how Mario went about building frames, which has always seemed awkward to me BTW; this build card sort of caught my attention. The first thinh I noticed was that this 62.5cm frame was speced with a 55 cm top tube. I looked at the frame and could tell the top tube was longer than 55 cm. I measured. It measured 57.5cm or thereabouts. That is more "normal" for a bike that size. Hummmmm. So why did the card say 55cm when it was actually 57.5cm?>
Mark wonders? Could it be that the 55 cm is the actual length of the tube, rather than the ctc measurement? Mark Ritz Grant McLean Toronto.Ca
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