Originally Posted by Anightinthewood
So my question is this; why do older frames have such ridiculous clearance up front between the wheel and down tube while newer models don’t? at least don’t look like they do.
in my case, i just requested that there be no overlap for my body's geometry. they basically got it exactly right.
somewhere, don had a pretty good/concise explanation of clearance with respect to one of his walker team issue frames.