Thread: "Effective Top Tube Length"?
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Old 11-12-15, 08:25 PM
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Originally Posted by fietsbob
In design specs you run a plumb line down to the axis of the BB..

'Reach' is from there forward, 'Setback' is from that point rearward, dividing the top tube length...
So then what does that have to do with this?

Originally Posted by cyclotoine
and reach will always be even more important, most manufacturers are on board with that one now.
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