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| 169.1 | | APOLLO::DEHAHN | | Fri Nov 07 1986 15:13 | 10 |
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As long as you don't need an exceptionally small or large frame
size, SLX is the best. It's roughly the same weight as SL and a
little bit stiffer in the bottom bracket area. The steerer tube
is reinforced also, but I doubt you'll feel this while riding.
Have fun shopping,
CdH
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| 169.2 | slx is great | BANZAI::FISHER | | Mon Nov 10 1986 03:46 | 12 |
| Re: .1 "The steerer tube is reinforced also,"
The steer tube on all current Columbus SL and SLX bikes have the slx-type
rifling for reinforcement, they were doing that first when someone came
up with the idea for using the rifling elsewhere.
(So I have been told and have observed.)
I love my SLX bikes, but am putting them away and warming up "old paint"
for the winter slush and slop.
ed
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| 169.3 | | SUPER::CONNELL | | Thu Nov 13 1986 13:14 | 12 |
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Rifling: Yes, all Columbus tube sets that I have seen (SP, SL,
SLX) have refinforcing in the steer tube. The difference is that
SLX has it at the end of other tubes.
Front Derailleur Braze on: This is unrelated to the type of tubing
used as it is brazed on separately. (It tends to be on newer bikes
which tend to be made out of SLX so there appears to be a
relationship.)
Chuck
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| 169.4 | size versus stiffness | TALLIS::JBELL | Zeno was almost here | Wed Apr 04 1990 17:24 | 10 |
| I've heard that smaller frames are stiffer. Why is that?
It seems to me that a smaller frame requires a longer seat post,
so the total length is the same. In fact you would loose some
triangulation, so I expect that a smaller frame would in effect
be less stiff.
Right?
-Jeff Bell
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| 169.5 | Smaller is stiffer, but don't get carried away | CESARE::JOHNSON | Matt Johnson, DTN 871-7473 | Thu Apr 05 1990 05:35 | 14 |
| I asked this question a couple of years back. The answer is that
most of the stress on the frame is between the wheels and the
crank, and has little to do with where you put your tail. The
stiffness matters most, in any case, when you're out of the
saddle - in climbs and sprints.
If you're thinking "then I'll just get a 51cm frame and a 350mm
seatpost," recall that the top tube of a smaller frame is usually
shorter, and that the shorter seat tube leaves further forward
relative to the cranks. This can be bad for your knees, and for
handling. One noter (Stew Campbell?) recalled his sufferings with
a too-small frame in this conference a couple of years ago.
MATT
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| 169.6 | Then they wrinkle the equation by changing things | CLYPPR::FISHER | Dictionary is not. | Thu Apr 05 1990 08:54 | 5 |
| Smaller is usually stiffer but often the frame builders use a stronger
tube set for a bigger frame to accomodate. Then you get a heavier
frame but weight isn't more important than strength.
ed
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