Thread: How to pack?
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Old 03-04-25 | 12:27 PM
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Originally Posted by elcruxio
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I was listening to a cycling podcast where it was mentioned that it's weird that different frame sizes have the same chainstay length. I hadn't really given it much thought but now it seems so obvious. Larger frame sizes should absolutely have longer chainstays. A taller rider is sitting more rearward of the bottom bracket than a shorter rider. To achieve the same weight distribution the chainstay would need to go back as well.
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Yup.

My Thorn touring bikes have different chainstay lengths for different sizes, my Nomad Mk II came in 8 sizes, they had 4 chainstay lengths for the 8 sizes. And my Thorn Sherpa had 11 sizes, there were 4 different chainstay lengths for the 11 sizes. Both of those models are out of production.

But I am not aware of any other brands that do that.



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