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Forum: Touring
08-15-23, 03:46 AM
Replies: 49
Views: 16,649
Posted By Tourist in MSN

Ideally, you do not want your rear load to be too...

Ideally, you do not want your rear load to be too high or too far back, that can impair handling on the bike, so a longer chainstay is better. My heavy duty touring bike has 466mm chainstays, my...
Forum: Touring
07-16-19, 04:29 AM
Replies: 49
Views: 16,649
Posted By Tourist in MSN

My mistake, I did not realize that was a square...

My mistake, I did not realize that was a square taper crank. I also use square taper on all my touring bikes, the reliability of the internal bottom bracket bearings is what I want for touring. I...
Forum: Touring
07-15-19, 04:56 PM
Replies: 49
Views: 16,649
Posted By Tourist in MSN

Sorry for being off topic, did not mean to hijack...

Sorry for being off topic, did not mean to hijack the thread.



That explains it, you have a crank that you specifically wanted. And the crank choice was more important that chainring sizes.
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Forum: Touring
07-15-19, 12:10 PM
Replies: 49
Views: 16,649
Posted By Tourist in MSN

That is a gorgeous bike. But I would have used...

That is a gorgeous bike. But I would have used fenders. I like the extra cage behind the seat tube on your bike.

On my Rohloff bike, I run a 44T chainring around home but for touring I use a 36T...
Forum: Touring
07-15-19, 11:56 AM
Replies: 49
Views: 16,649
Posted By Tourist in MSN

Since I posted the above, I have added another...

Since I posted the above, I have added another touring bike to the fleet, Lynskey Backroad, chainstay length is 445mm in all sizes.
Forum: Touring
01-16-17, 12:58 PM
Replies: 49
Views: 16,649
Posted By Tourist in MSN

Fully concur. But most bike manufacturers...

Fully concur.

But most bike manufacturers cut a lot of corners if they can save a few bucks. And if standardizing chainstay length on all sizes of a model will cut a few bucks they do it. Same...
Forum: Touring
01-16-17, 10:21 AM
Replies: 49
Views: 16,649
Posted By Tourist in MSN

One of my touring bikes is 450mm, the other is...

One of my touring bikes is 450mm, the other is 466mm. I dug out the sales brochures to look it up (it is electronic on my hard drive, only took a minute to look up). What surprised me was that...
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