Originally Posted by late
--It's an Airborne Carpe Diem. I don't remember what the wheelbase is.--
- Short chainstays give a rougher ride.
Interesting info re CD:
Airborne no longer available in US, only Euro. But interesting info:
http://www.roadbikereview.com/cat/fr...x.aspx#reviews
http://www.airbornecycles.com/airbor...ore/cdbike.asp
5 stars for sport touring/loaded touring/cyclocross
wheelbase between 101.2..107 cm
stays: 42.5cm, 16 3/4 in.
My touring stays are 36cm, 18 inches. Does 1 1/4 inch make that much difference?
I don't understand how to read bike geometry. I recently road two bikes with this geometry:
litespeed ultimate 59
stays: 39.3
base: 98.3
BB drop: 6.8
seat tube angle: 73d
head tube angle: 73d
ttube: 57.5
giant fcr 2
stays: 41.9
base: 101.8 cm
seat angle: 73d
head angle: 73d
ttube: 56.9cm
My bike:
stays: 42.5
base: 107.2
BB drop: 7.6
seat angle: 73
head angle: 71
ttube: 58.4
My impression of litespeed, wonderful ride quick and precise. The FCR keep on surprising me and going further to the side than I wanted it to. I don't know if I was using steering with body english or not. Sometime I would like to get a TI bike and definitely want a ride more like current bike or litespeed and not like the FCR. I just don't know what the key geometry data that tells what the ride will be like.
I also don't understand how shorter chainstays would make for worst ride. What is the geometry of your current bike that you like?