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Monostays
I've always loved the look of a bike built with a monostay.
Some great frame builders have made them but for whatever reason they don't seem to be very popular as I don't see them very often (if ever) on my rides. A monostay frame made of steel from "back in the day" before carbon fiber came along is really what I'm thinking about. Back then with the different levels/grades of steel tubing and different monostay designs I can only imagine that there could be performance differences, or ride characteristics associated with the monostay as opposed to two seatstays. Who here owns one and has experience with them? I would love to see pictures of your monostay bike. |
Had a Giant Cadex with monostay and a Schwinn MTB with monostay. There is no performance difference between mono and traditional stays. They look different and that is it. The best monostay treatment I have seen is the old Dekerf frames. Don't know if they are still in production, but how they did them was simply artful.
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Yeah, I always thought they were Cool. They seemed so sleek and aero.
My '88 Carbon Ironman has one....but It doesn't seem to make a difference when I'm riding it. We need pics of monostays. |
https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...406012023d.jpg
...oh, MONO-stay. Well, that's very different. Never mind. |
Twin Six makes some.
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Very clever BobbyG :thumb:.
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I have never been a fan of the mono stay myself but if I had to buy one, Rob English makes the ultimate. His philosophy is that the you don't need to overbuild the rear triangle. Check out his bikes on his website.
https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...ae785b1195.jpg Here is one that I grabbed from the website. Notice the pencil thin stays, including the mono portion. |
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