I'd be rather surprised if there's a rider out there who could reliably feel the difference in ride or handling in an inch change in the real wheel adjustment in a blind test.
Kurt Sperry Bellingham WA USA
On 5/20/07, Tom Sanders <tsan7759142@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> I realize that there are some builders and a few real technophiles (to
> perhaps coin a word) on the list and to them it may well be important to
> know exact and precise stay lengths. For most of us, though, on a built
> up
> bike a quick glance at the relative position of the wheel or tire to the
> seat tube is probably enough to judge whether the bike meets our needs or
> not.
> I realize that with a bare frame this does not work too well. For all
> intents and purposes for a collector like myself, though, this one glance
> method works quite well.
> On a bare frame I pull out my ever present tape measure and go from the
> center of the BB axel to the center of the drop out and this seems to give
> me a nearly instant and consistent result that works quite well for the
> decisions that I need to make.
> Whether over simplifying or merely eschewing the complex, in the real
> world
> it works for me.
> Tom Sanders
> Lansing, Mi USA