Yellow Saddle
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Don't get me started on that....
Bullshit.
Asymmetry?
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Bullshit.
Yellow Saddle
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Whenever a new "technology" comes along, always ask yourself: "what problem does this solve?"
winjim
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Usually "our product is too easily mended by an enthusiastic amateur and doesn't require enough specialist parts."
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Cyclist33
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Come come, this thread is going off topic, I might have to report it and then nothing will get done!
winjim
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Sorry that's my fault for interrupting. Going back to your original question, I haven't the foggiest idea. Even weight distribution?
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Cyclist33
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That's the spurious explanation I've been giving abroad, that the extra thickness on the non drive side balances the weight of the chain etc.
Of course this is based on absolutely no facts whatsoever.
Roadrider48
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My BMC teammachine has much fatter chainstay on the drive side!
raleighnut
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Is this an attempt to get bullshit past the sweary filter, in which case you're talking bollocks.
Gravity Aided
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I think I'm a lot more scared of carbon than before I began reading this thread.
But but, in a world of money no object, and weight weeny weight saving, there's no denying that the loads on a frame are asymmetric, and given that composite fibre structures can be laid up for specific directional stresses, then it is reasonable to assume that a 'perfectly' designed bike (ie one which has been optimised to deal with the loads which are to be applied to it) would be asymmetric. It is therefore possible to design a bike with differently designed chain stays to save some weight.
However, that weight (I would reckon) would be in the region of a few grams, and the chances of that making any difference to the performance of the bike I leave to the reader to deduce.
So, in essence, yes, most likely bullshit.
However, that weight (I would reckon) would be in the region of a few grams, and the chances of that making any difference to the performance of the bike I leave to the reader to deduce.
So, in essence, yes, most likely bullshit.
Yellow Saddle
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That's interesting. I've never come across that and thankfully it disappeared before I bumped my head against that one.
mythste
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My disk-side fork prong is fatter than the other one. Makes sense to me.
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Yellow Saddle
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I agree, making it fatter does make sense. There is a huge twisting force on the lower end of the fork under braking. So much so that some suspension forks show visible wear inside on the left hand side where braking bends the slider.
Whether it would have been better to make the left and right look the same is another matter. That one is for the aesthetics committee. My little Beautyrometer gives the concept a score of 4 out of 10.
