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Old 01-08-12 | 09:48 PM
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Bikes: '80 Masi Gran Criterium, '12 Trek Madone, early '60s Frejus track

Originally Posted by radshark
Is the frame design novel? No one has made a bike frame similar to the "LONGBOW FLEX™ STAY SUSPENSION" out of any material in the past several decades?
I've heard some comparisons of the design to GT's signature "dual triangle" design of the '90s, but GT's stays were tacked to the seat tube before terminating at the top tube. That made the frame stiffer, not more compliant.

I think it's a cool design, but not my cuppa tea.
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