s-bend seatstays

[vqdriver]

there's something about titanium s-bend seatstays over s-bend chainstays that i find strangely alluring. i only know of merlin, spectrum, and seven that do it. and of those, merlin engraves to boot.

is it purely aesthetics? i assume there's a sale pitch that says there's something about ride quality to it.

does serotta offer it?

[cadence90]

[EDIT: Ooops, wait, I guess you're talking about road frames?]

Tire clearance, mainly.

I know Kish does it too. I'm sure many others do as well.

[fierte_poser]

Kent Eriksen

Blacksheep

[Jeff N.]

SEVEN's artfully curved and round chain and seat stays are without peer, IMO. Jeff N.

[Tobias]

Originally Posted by vqdriver

is it purely aesthetics? i assume there's a sale pitch that says there's something about ride quality to it.

Not purely but mostly. In my opinion for it to make a significant difference in ride they would have to have more curving, like Dave's Terraplane or DKS designs. If S seat stays provided a fraction of 1-MM of suspension would you notice it? I doubt it but don't know for sure.

[cadence90]

I like these seatstays.

A lot.

[Tobias]

Originally Posted by cadence90

I like these seatstays.

A lot.

Very nice, though not crazy about the wheels. Don't care for big spokes. The seat stays look delicate, nicely shaped.

[cadence90]

Originally Posted by Tobias

Very nice, though not crazy about the wheels. Don't care for big spokes. The seat stays look delicate, nicely shaped.

I completely agree on the wheels.

You have seen rocky-socks' Scapins in the Custom Bikes section, right? Wow!

[Peter P.]

I think the Vanilla Speedvagen seatstays just look incredible. Who cares if they offer any performance advantage or not; looks matter here.