Frame/material *stiffness*
I know that this topic much aired of late - not sure if anyone gave a link to this:
http://materials.open.ac.uk/bikeframes/bikeframe.htm
Only refound it because I've just acquired a Raleigh Timet - the frame appears to be the *stiffest* in terms of b/b deflection of those tested (tho' it was some time ago). I guess that the result simply reflects the way in which the down tube envelopes the the shell and the seat tube.
Will it make me go faster - or just suffer more? At moment fitted with an alu fork, altho' I have a carbon one "spare". LOOKS good!
http://materials.open.ac.uk/bikeframes/bikeframe.htm
Only refound it because I've just acquired a Raleigh Timet - the frame appears to be the *stiffest* in terms of b/b deflection of those tested (tho' it was some time ago). I guess that the result simply reflects the way in which the down tube envelopes the the shell and the seat tube.
Will it make me go faster - or just suffer more? At moment fitted with an alu fork, altho' I have a carbon one "spare". LOOKS good!
d.j.
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meagain wrote:
Will it make me go faster - or just suffer more?
Ride it and see. You might go slower and hurt more. Hard to say what will happen.
Sometimes you buy a bike and for whatever reasons it just works great for you. It
becomes a bike to remember fondly. On the other hand you may buy one, set it up the
same, and for reasons you really can't figure out it just doesn't seem to suit you.
Dennis Noward0
