Originally Posted by
Peterpan1
What about a bike that uses a bent seat tube to tuck the rear wheel in tighter? That seems pretty obviously to be a wheelbase play. At the other extreme some of the Rans recumbents seem to be an obvious attempt to maximize wheel base for ride reasons.
Anyone remember the "Rigi"? It had two 1/2" tubes in place of the conventional seattube. The rear wheel projected between those two tubes, allowing the chainstays to be as short as possible without putting the cranks through the rear axle.
Yeah, 'bents are a breed apart:
