Re: [CR]was The Modern Hetchins?, now seatstay design

(Example: History:Ted Ernst)

Date: Thu, 01 Jul 2004 11:42:43 -0500
Subject: Re: [CR]was The Modern Hetchins?, now seatstay design
From: "Todd Kuzma" <tullio@TheRamp.net>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
In-Reply-To: <000001c45f82$c5ae7af0$6d69bf3f@D8W8FB21>


on 7/1/04 10:47 AM, Anvil Bikeworks at ojv@earthlink.net wrote:
> If I recall correctly, he
> commented that its movement is in the 2-3mm range (around 1/8") which I find
> completely believable and in accordance with my own "testing" of radically
> bent seatstays.

How was this figure determined? What type of load is necessary to get 2-3 mm of movement? What type of testing did you do?

So, if I understand correctly, there are data to support these claims, but for some unknown reason, the data are being kept secret? Pretty odd, don't you say?

Todd Kuzma
Heron Bicycles
Tullio's Big Dog Cyclery
LaSalle, IL 815-223-1776
http://www.heronbicycles.com
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