New Swobo Crosby - Ultimate Commuter bike?
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Some context on the selection of the frame material:
https://www.bikeradar.com/news/articl...by-bikes-21031
According to Yaeger, the Baxter came about because she wanted to design a 700c internally-geared bike with a shaped aluminium frame, 'as the world opens up as far as frame, fork and dropout design, when you venture out of the steel arena'.
"Steel really limits the tubing shapes and dropout design and I wanted the bikes to look more modern and give the impression that the downtubes were hydroformed," she said. "I like the look of curved downtubes and also the bigger tubing diameters. The top tubes go from round to square, towards the seat tube, which helps if you're shouldering the Crosby. All the sculptural tubing aspects, the fork shape and the versatile dropouts could not be achieved with steel."
https://www.bikeradar.com/news/articl...by-bikes-21031
According to Yaeger, the Baxter came about because she wanted to design a 700c internally-geared bike with a shaped aluminium frame, 'as the world opens up as far as frame, fork and dropout design, when you venture out of the steel arena'.
"Steel really limits the tubing shapes and dropout design and I wanted the bikes to look more modern and give the impression that the downtubes were hydroformed," she said. "I like the look of curved downtubes and also the bigger tubing diameters. The top tubes go from round to square, towards the seat tube, which helps if you're shouldering the Crosby. All the sculptural tubing aspects, the fork shape and the versatile dropouts could not be achieved with steel."
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I don't know. It seems like a purely aesthetic choice when the commuting, everyday rider is probably most concerned about ride. I think the bikes look fantastic. But I'm not 20 and aluminum makes my teeth grind. You feel every seam in the road.
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Both of the new models have carbon forks and can accomodate wide tires. The ride should be plenty compliant. The sliding dropouts intrigue me.
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That's exactly what I want. Salsa Fargo, Trek Soho, Brodie Ocho, Giant Seek 1, Batavus Lightning, Baron Outsider, wegwärts by simpel bikes, or Mongoose Sabrosa are all close... but not quite.
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If you can't see it by looking at them, then I probably can't explain it to you. If you read the whole thread you've probably already seen where I said this frame was an improvement over their previous frames.
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A Silkroad is close (integrated frame eliminates the need for stay mounted disc tabs), but man is it pricey.
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Wow, that really is close to perfect.
But ~$1600 before you actually go buy the Rohloff hub to go with it, or the rest of the components, is pretty rough going.
But ~$1600 before you actually go buy the Rohloff hub to go with it, or the rest of the components, is pretty rough going.
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I'm sure the prices have gone up,but Fuji and Marin both had hybrids with carbon forks in the $600 range. Technology advances,prices come down.
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700c, 28", and 29" are basically all the same. The 29" tires are usually wider though, so they may require wider rims and a frame with larger tire clearance.