Originally Posted by
Chris Chicago
are you saying they dont serve the purpose of seatstays? or that the crossing serves no purpose other than asthetics?
In person it's a really cool bike. part of that is the "wow what do we have here" aspect of walking down the street and seeing it locked up among the usual hybrids etc. the seatpost and maybe cranks are miche. the hubs phil, and headset chris king. I read the builder made just two like this, one for himself.
I am aware they act as seatstay, but the complicated curling/crossing is where my questionmark is about.
I think this is a typical design feature that 1st instance make you say wow, but in 2nd instance, after you get used to the looks, make you wonder why there was chosen for this. I would think it is more complicated to build and I would like to hear a story on that it outperforms a conventional arrangement. If there isn't it lacks depth imo.