While most manufacturers use metal tubes for the chainstays and join these to a ... thickness of conventional aluminum tubes used on mountain bike chainstays. ... I felt the back tire knock me in the head the moment I saw this.
Although less stiff than aluminum, it's also proportionally less dense, ... The tube shaping on the Vaast A/1 is pretty minimal at the moment (such ...
The moment I jumped on the 29er after about a half day's ride-also a size ... My test bike with mostly aluminum parts weighed about 16kg including ... to a relatively simple frame (no hydroformed tubes to my recollection). ↑