[/quote] YES!!!
Parker 10 W Joined May 26, 2007 Messages 88 Location Northern Virginia Aug 13, 2007 #26 [/quote] YES!!!
L Lowell 100 kW Joined Jan 12, 2007 Messages 1,695 Location Vancouver Aug 13, 2007 #27 xyster said: I'm not sure if this is a case of great minds curve along the same arch or that it's just intuitively obvious. Click to expand... If I remember correctly, the arch provides the greatest strength for the least material. Click to expand... But a bike frame needs torsional stiffness.
xyster said: I'm not sure if this is a case of great minds curve along the same arch or that it's just intuitively obvious. Click to expand... If I remember correctly, the arch provides the greatest strength for the least material. Click to expand... But a bike frame needs torsional stiffness.
xyster 10 MW Joined Jan 2, 2007 Messages 3,089 Location Visualize Rural Sheep Aug 14, 2007 #28 Lowell said: xyster said: I'm not sure if this is a case of great minds curve along the same arch or that it's just intuitively obvious. Click to expand... If I remember correctly, the arch provides the greatest strength for the least material. Click to expand... But a bike frame needs torsional stiffness. Click to expand... Then also have arches on the sides, like wings. It'd make a cool roll-cage too.
Lowell said: xyster said: I'm not sure if this is a case of great minds curve along the same arch or that it's just intuitively obvious. Click to expand... If I remember correctly, the arch provides the greatest strength for the least material. Click to expand... But a bike frame needs torsional stiffness. Click to expand... Then also have arches on the sides, like wings. It'd make a cool roll-cage too.
