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  • 853 Is it really better?
  • toys19
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    cynic-al – Member

    I'll EPIC FAIL whoever I like, particularly those who claim to disprove Young's modulus!*

    *I am aware this doesn't really make sense.

    Don't worry we got the gist..

    djcombes
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    Missed the comment by cy.

    I think that some of the engineers are making the point that a difference in feel between frames is down to a change in the design, enabled by different material properties, rather than some feel of the material itself.

    We all agree: there's shouldn't be any need for anyone to argue over this.

    freeganbikefascist
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    djcombes

    We all agree: there's shouldn't be any need for anyone to argue over this

    you appear to have forgotten what site you're on. check the URL *slowly* and then rejoin the group… 😀 😉

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    toys19
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    I think that some of the engineers are making the point that a difference in feel between frames is down to a change in the design, enabled by different material properties, rather than some feel of the material itself.

    Bingo

    IdleJon
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    Andy – Member

    clubber – Member
    As one of the relatively few people to have actually owned and ridden a purple bike, I can categorically state that it's better

    But did you ride it back to back with a blue bike? No….I thought not.

    I on the other hand had a Purple kona (eggplant actually if you want to split hairs) at the same time as a Blue kona. Can you guess which was better?

    I had a purple Tange Prestige frame, which was immensely springy, and eventually broke.

    Ridden back to back – at a distance of 13 years – my current white 853 frame is much stiffer, far less springy and definitely not broken.

    All components are exactly the same, except where they aren't.

    I like white ( At the moment, because it's clean.)
    Egplant on the other hand is a pointless food.

    MrSmith
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    Bingo

    it doesn't take an engineer or frame designer to work out that tubing dimensions of a frame can change if the material properties allow it.
    tubing O/D specs are freely available on the internet along with the butting specs. it's not rocket science just tubes thicker at the ends and thinner in the middle joined together.

    soobalias
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    pffft, eggplant is not a good purple for riding, far to dark and infected with the dullness of blue.

    clubber
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    Imperial purple is the only shade of purple to have.

    IdleJon
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    ^^^^^^^ That's definitely blue.

    Not remotely purple.

    Therefore not as good, by definition.

    (It also seems to be a midget's bike?)

    Macavity
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    Second Moment of Inertia

    clubber
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    Definitely purple and I'm the tallest midget you'll ever meet 🙂

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