Hi guys !
I’m trying to learn a little bit more about bike geometry and stuff like that but I stumbled upon this brand who makes frames with offset seat stays, my question is, does it change something or it’s more like a visual thing ?
Thanks for the returns !
by Natraamn
7 Comments
well… it certainly makes rim brakes a problem… not sure if that’s what they were going for.
Visual, I have a frame with asymmetrical seat stays and it’s no different than any other frame, and had another in the past and noticed nothing on that one too, spicers are nice frames though
Shorter stays on the driveside mean less frame flex and more efficient power output when you’re mashing on the pedals
Landshark, Spicer, Weis…. Asymmetric stays.
No purpose. Similar to Hellenic stays (what the common person calls “triple triangle”, here). Triple triangle has been around a century or so (no GT didn’t invent it). Also, nothing gained from a performance aspect.
I believe Yamahuchi was playing around with asymmetric stays as well, around the same time as Landshark. (Prior to Spicer, and all years before Weis)
But the best fitting bike you can afford. That will have a bigger impact on enjoyment, performance, comfort, etc. Weird ass seat stays are just copy cat anyway. Everything else is personal preference.
Any functional claims are apocryphal at best. Every company that does this makes incompatible, unfounded claims about their secret formula for the perfect combination of compliance and stiffness. Reality? It’s neat. It’s different. It’s fun. That’s the point.
it looks cool!
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