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Scott Gordo wrote:
> [email protected] wrote:
> > Phil, Squid-in-Training wrote:
> > > [email protected] wrote:
> > > > Phil, Squid-in-Training wrote:
> > > >> [email protected] wrote:
> > > >>> JD wrote:
> > > >>>> [email protected] wrote:
> > > >>>>> What's wrong with Giant?
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> Benjamin Spanklin
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> JD
> > > >>>
> > > >>> ... that isn't wrong with special'ed?
> > > >>>
<snip>
> > > The Giant STP series and the Specialized P series are completely
> > > different.
>
> Please excuse my ignorance, but are they really "completely different"?
> How? Other than the obvious fact that one has lots of square tubes and
> the other lots of round. The seat tube angle is a couple degrees
> different, but I'd assume that anybody buying a bike with that little
> seat tube isn't going to be riding with a lot of post showing. Is this
> a round vs. square thing? Is it something that would be perceived by
> the rider in any way other than visually? Have they been measured, side
> by side, for durability or frame flex? Is one frame significantly
> lighter than the other?
>
> Scott
The ride is probably different ... not that a lot of ppl actually take
the bikes to a point where, if set up exactly alike, they would notice
a difference in the frames. But I am sure there are ppl out there who
would notice the difference.
So it really comes down to ride what feels right to you. Funny thing is
ppl will jump all over the "all other brands are **** band wagon," and
talk up the quality of a product, and not even know what company
actually produced the bike. And thus this part of the thread started
....
Story time:
Way back in 1991 I was racing for a west coast team on a Bridgestone
package bike. Typical of Bridgestone at the time everything on the
bikes that could carry the Ritchey logo ... carried the Ritchey logo.
So, at the Nationals there would always be someone hanging around
saying "Oh bridgestone must really have a thing for Ritchey ... look at
how they knocked off that frame ... but you know they are built in
China/ROC/Japan." Truth be told they were built in the same factory
that TIG'd up the Ritchey TIG frames. The frames were made of the same
tubing, and built to the same spec's. The real difference, Tom touched
every one of his frames and added the braze-ons and the Ritcheys were
painted by D&D. Blind loyalty ... you gotta love it. Then again, the
Ritchey Downhill team was racing rebranded Santa Cruz Tazmans.
R
> [email protected] wrote:
> > Phil, Squid-in-Training wrote:
> > > [email protected] wrote:
> > > > Phil, Squid-in-Training wrote:
> > > >> [email protected] wrote:
> > > >>> JD wrote:
> > > >>>> [email protected] wrote:
> > > >>>>> What's wrong with Giant?
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> Benjamin Spanklin
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> JD
> > > >>>
> > > >>> ... that isn't wrong with special'ed?
> > > >>>
<snip>
> > > The Giant STP series and the Specialized P series are completely
> > > different.
>
> Please excuse my ignorance, but are they really "completely different"?
> How? Other than the obvious fact that one has lots of square tubes and
> the other lots of round. The seat tube angle is a couple degrees
> different, but I'd assume that anybody buying a bike with that little
> seat tube isn't going to be riding with a lot of post showing. Is this
> a round vs. square thing? Is it something that would be perceived by
> the rider in any way other than visually? Have they been measured, side
> by side, for durability or frame flex? Is one frame significantly
> lighter than the other?
>
> Scott
The ride is probably different ... not that a lot of ppl actually take
the bikes to a point where, if set up exactly alike, they would notice
a difference in the frames. But I am sure there are ppl out there who
would notice the difference.
So it really comes down to ride what feels right to you. Funny thing is
ppl will jump all over the "all other brands are **** band wagon," and
talk up the quality of a product, and not even know what company
actually produced the bike. And thus this part of the thread started
....
Story time:
Way back in 1991 I was racing for a west coast team on a Bridgestone
package bike. Typical of Bridgestone at the time everything on the
bikes that could carry the Ritchey logo ... carried the Ritchey logo.
So, at the Nationals there would always be someone hanging around
saying "Oh bridgestone must really have a thing for Ritchey ... look at
how they knocked off that frame ... but you know they are built in
China/ROC/Japan." Truth be told they were built in the same factory
that TIG'd up the Ritchey TIG frames. The frames were made of the same
tubing, and built to the same spec's. The real difference, Tom touched
every one of his frames and added the braze-ons and the Ritcheys were
painted by D&D. Blind loyalty ... you gotta love it. Then again, the
Ritchey Downhill team was racing rebranded Santa Cruz Tazmans.
R