Originally Posted by
Winfried
Thanks for the infos.
It's strange that Pacific Cycles decided to come up with that ugly roundish frame
It appears that the tube frame is simpler, lighter, less costly and has no significant technical disadvantages.
Aesthetics is a personal thing. I prefer the simple elegance of the tube frame but I can understand that some people might prefer the curved look of the monocoque.
The tube frame is where they started and I presume they have reintroduced a tube frame because they have found that some people prefer it to the monocoque.
The new tube frame seems to be modified to incorporate the following features that were previously only available in the monocoque:
- Internal cable routing
- Standard seatpost clamping
- A tapered cross section on the top tube to maintain small folded size despite the extra height required for standard seatpost clamping