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David_Kirk new member Reged: 12/23/03 Posts: 14 Loc: Bozeman MT USA Re: Curved seat stays...       01/27/04 12:38 AM (216.166.168.52) Edit   Reply   Quote   Howdy from Montana, I try hard not to use this forum as my personal ad space but I'm very happy to answer questions directed to me. Thanks for the questions. The new yet to be named seat stay bends are designed to help keep the rear wheel in constant contact with the surface. they are similar in concept to the DKS but are not rider adjustable. I will be tuning for a riders weight and riding style by varying the bend radius. They function in a very simple way. If you take a ruler out of your desk drawer and they to compress it end to end its very tough to do. If you flex it into a curve and then compress it it becomes much easier. That what is happening with the seatstays. Normal straight seat stays won't compress much if at all. By putting a curve in the stay to start with it makes it much easier to compress. The stays are double bent into a long "S" shape instead of a single long "C" bend to keep the "spring" ( i.e. seat stay )more of a constant rate spring instead of a falling rate spring. This is a whole other point on conversation.... The "insert name here" stays will be available as an option on most bikes. There are a few lug and dropout restrictions. Please feel free to write me directly or call me out here and I'll do my best to answer. Thanks again, Dave P.S. does anyone have a good name for these stays ? Post Extras

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