http://www.bikecyclingreviews.com/Why_the_Slopping_Top_Tube.html Perhaps the Best Hub on Cycling Information Fri, 23 Dec 2011 09:25:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.bikecyclingreviews.com/Why_the_Slopping_Top_Tube.html#comment-471 Mark Gaines Mon, 17 Aug 2009 09:20:57 +0000 http://www.bikecyclingreviews.com/?p=197#comment-471 I agree with the answer as far as performance bikes are concerned, but I have found that comfort and touring bikes are much more comfortable if they have the old style large triangles with level top tube. Thank you. I agree with the answer as far as performance bikes are concerned, but I have found that comfort and touring bikes are much more comfortable if they have the old style large triangles with level top tube. Thank you.

]]> http://www.bikecyclingreviews.com/Why_the_Slopping_Top_Tube.html#comment-470 Justin Mon, 17 Aug 2009 09:20:28 +0000 http://www.bikecyclingreviews.com/?p=197#comment-470 I had a cheaper Avanti with the sloped bar and I personaly think it was a bad idea as the seat post ended up so frigging long that that it flexed a great deal kind of defeating the purpose of the stiffer frame. I agree it makes frames cheaper to build which is why they do it, not that it is actually a better design. I think it also gave them a destinction between old and new bikes for a period so that people could look at a new bike and say "oooh thats a new bike".My new bike is a standard frame (granted all C7 carbon) and is a lot stiffer and doesn't have the flex in the seat post, it is also a lot more comfortable to sit on the frame at the lights when the bar is higher and horizontal. I had a cheaper Avanti with the sloped bar and I personaly think it was a bad idea as the seat post ended up so frigging long that that it flexed a great deal kind of defeating the purpose of the stiffer frame. I agree it makes frames cheaper to build which is why they do it, not that it is actually a better design. I think it also gave them a destinction between old and new bikes for a period so that people could look at a new bike and say “oooh thats a new bike”.My new bike is a standard frame (granted all C7 carbon) and is a lot stiffer and doesn’t have the flex in the seat post, it is also a lot more comfortable to sit on the frame at the lights when the bar is higher and horizontal.

]]> http://www.bikecyclingreviews.com/Why_the_Slopping_Top_Tube.html#comment-469 Ken Wilkes Mon, 17 Aug 2009 09:20:04 +0000 http://www.bikecyclingreviews.com/?p=197#comment-469 The editors pretty much hit the high points on frames with slopping top tubes. It also allows a taller head tube, without the frame looking funny. This allows the rider a more upright riding position and more comfort. The editors pretty much hit the high points on frames with slopping top tubes. It also allows a taller head tube, without the frame looking funny. This allows the rider a more upright riding position and more comfort.

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