annirak
Veteran
- Location
- Cambridge, UK
What is the advantage of seat stays that join the seat tube below the top tube?
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It is actually structural science, since the material has nothing to do with geometry. Nevertheless, why not just move the anchor point of the stays to just above the BB - that will give you the shortest seatstay possible and also expose the flaw in your reasoning.A shorter seat stay will flex less than a longer one. Simple materials science.
A shorter seat stay will flex less than a longer one. Simple materials science.
Might work if the frame was a geodesic structure?
Buckminster Fuller appreciates your support.(If he was still around, that is) He was at Southern Illinois University, and built a little house in Carbondale that is a geodesic dome. Held up well. http://fullerdomehome.org/I had a geodesic tent once. Really stable in high winds it was too. Not sure if this helps the thread in any way though..................