What is "stage race geometry"?
How is it different from other geometries?
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it's a mythical niche born out of the misinformed writings of
cyclojournalists for whom riding was a hobby at best atmo. i feel better now. |
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"Bike of all specialties, master of none"
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stage race geo: early 90s marketing gobbledygook born out of taking greg lemond's comments about his own personal geo as universal wisdom
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all wrong
No no no, stage race geometry is the math required of team docs to keep blood values below that magical %50.
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just cause i'm bored
and i know somebody will get fired up about it both terms were advertising junk born out of an infant american bike market the stage race bike: slacker sta, lower bb, longer stays, hta in the 73 degree range, medium/longer trail (5.5-6.0) the crit bike: steeper sta, higher bb, short stays, steep hta, low trail (4.5-5.0) the crit bike feels nervous and it is. ain't any faster in a crit. the stage race bike feels confident and relaxed. if you had a gun to your head and had to buy one, get the "stage race" bike. really, its just a good bike with a neat-o marketing name. |
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Just to piggyback on the previous responses, "stage race geometry" is defined as shallower seat and head angles, lower bottom brackets, and longer chainstays compared to the insane, cock-eyed, terminator-like "crit/tri" geometry of several US mass-production framebuilders.
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so far we have a consensus atmo.
hang the cyclojournalists. |
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maybe a "made for TV" movie?? :cool: |
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Dave |
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