Re: [CR]Too much frame flex

> I'm 6'3", weigh 175-180 and ride a 62cm (c-c) frame, which could

\r?\n> be part of

\r?\n> the problem.

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\r?\n> SP

\r?\n> ----- Original Message -----

\r?\n> From: "Robert D. Dayton,Jr." <rdayton@carolina.rr.com>

\r?\n> To: "'Scott Peterson'" <bobbycorno@bendbroadband.com>;

\r?\n> <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>

\r?\n> Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 10:08 PM

\r?\n> Subject: RE: [CR]Too much frame flex

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\r?\n> > Wow Scott.

\r?\n> > How much do you weigh?

\r?\n> > Just curious.

\r?\n> > Rob Dayton

\r?\n> > Charlotte NC

\r?\n> >

\r?\n> > -----Original Message-----

\r?\n> > From: classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org

\r?\n> > [mailto:classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org] On Behalf Of Scott

\r?\n> Peterson

\r?\n> > Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 1:07 PM

\r?\n> > To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

\r?\n> > Subject: Re: [CR]Too much frame flex

\r?\n> >

\r?\n> > Never crashed because of it, but the only bike I've ever ridden that

\r?\n> > actually scared me was a victim of excessive torsional flex. Going

\r?\n> downhill

\r?\n> > at speed, the rear end would flex so much every time I hit a

\r?\n> bump that the

\r?\n> > bike would literally change directions. Not a comfortable

\r?\n> sensation,> especially at 40+ mph... This was a titanium frame

\r?\n> from a very well

\r?\n> > regarded name (E___ M_____ Ti AX, built by L_______). Soured me

\r?\n> on Ti

\r?\n> > frames for good.

\r?\n> >

\r?\n> > Scott Peterson

\r?\n> > Bend, OR

\r?\n> >

\r?\n> > ps - no, it wasn't wheel flex: my light steel bike w/the same

\r?\n> wheels has

\r?\n> no

\r?\n> > such problems. Nor was it fork flex, since I was running a

\r?\n> Columbus Max

\r?\n> > steel fork, and the problem occurred only when the rear wheel

\r?\n> hit a bump.

\r?\n> > ----- Original Message -----

\r?\n> > From: "Mazzeo, Daniel" <Daniel.Mazzeo@usap.gov>

\r?\n> > To: "charles nighbor" <cnighbor@pacbell.net>;

\r?\n> > <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>

\r?\n> > Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 9:41 AM

\r?\n> > Subject: RE: [CR]Too much frame flex

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\r?\n> >

\r?\n> > > Worst crash/fall I ever took was the result of frame flex

\r?\n> pulling the

\r?\n> > > rear derailleur cable and sending the chain between cogs while

\r?\n> standing> > on the pedals going uphill full force. I had

\r?\n> religiously made sure my

\r?\n> > > rear shifter was tight enough to prevent this but did not

\r?\n> check it on

\r?\n> > > this particular day. Landed very hard on left hip and turned

\r?\n> black from

\r?\n> > > the ankle to the armpit, smelled like a corpse. It was not

\r?\n> fun. Yes

\r?\n> > > you can have too much frame flex.

\r?\n> > >

\r?\n> > > Dan Mazzeo

\r?\n> > > Morrison, CO

\r?\n> > >

\r?\n> > > -----Original Message-----

\r?\n> > > From: classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org

\r?\n> > > [mailto:classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org] On Behalf Of

\r?\n> charles> > nighbor

\r?\n> > > Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 10:19 AM

\r?\n> > > To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

\r?\n> > > Subject: [CR]Too much frame flex

\r?\n> > >

\r?\n> > > There can be too much frame flex. While at a friends house for

\r?\n> dinner I

\r?\n> > > tried to ride his wife women's style ten speed starting at the

\r?\n> bottom of

\r?\n> > > a small but still a hill. I could not get up. I couldn't

\r?\n> believe that

\r?\n> > > has good and strong a rider I was then that with my skill and

\r?\n> strength I

\r?\n> > > couldn't somehow finesse and power my way up. After 10 or so

\r?\n> tries I

\r?\n> > > believed in too much frame flex is not contusive to good

\r?\n> climbing or

\r?\n> > > even climbing a hill.

\r?\n> > > Charles Nighbor

\r?\n> > > Walnut Creek, Ca