Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1+some 2/3/84; site dual.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!mgnetp!ihnp4!dual!mats From: mats@dual.UUCP (Mats Wichmann) Newsgroups: net.bicycle Subject: Re: MASI frames Message-ID: <773@dual.UUCP> Date: Sun, 19-Aug-84 15:43:32 EDT Article-I.D.: dual.773 Posted: Sun Aug 19 15:43:32 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 20-Aug-84 01:53:25 EDT References: <253@ihnp1.UUCP> <4200003@hpfclp.UUCP> Organization: Dual Systems, Berkeley, CA Lines: 14 No, not really a religious issue at all. Some types of tubing just isn't rigid enough when stretched out to the longer lengths required for larger frames. I am 6'4" and ride a pretty big frame, so I have had to consider it. Not just that the frame will be more whippy, but that it won't hold up under heavy stress - you know, all that weight (since a bigger rider is often carrying more weight as well as being taller) slamming into potholes, crashing, etc. - the frames can just fold up if the tubing is too light. Must admit, however, that I have never heard this about Reylonds 531. You just don't build bigger frames out of the lighweight Columbus tubing (SL ?), however. Mats Wichmann Dual Systems Corp. ...{ucbvax,amd,ihnp4,cbosgd,decwrl,fortune}!dual!mats