Originally Posted by
nlerner
Good points, but weren't you dissing those sloping top tubes?! I have heard of buzz on other lists that the Clubman would make an excellent candidate for a 650B conversion, but there's that sloping top tube again!
Neal
I know, and I still don't like it. But now that the conversation has drifted towards modern (retro-modern?) I figured I should shut up about that and accept that everyone else accepts it
I own a '07 One-Way which is essentially the same frame as the clubman, I bought it when I first got back into cycling again and before I'd developed as strong of a distaste for that top-tube as I have now. I'm not gonna part with the one-way any time soon over that fault though, its my only complaint about an otherwise really good bike.
From the pictures I've seen the Polyvalent has cleaner welds than any of the Raleigh frames i've seen. Of course I've only seen the Poly in pictures and I've seen several of the new Raleighs in person.