Timeline for Why Did Old Soviet City Bikes Have Longer Frames in General
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| Sep 22, 2022 at 14:25 | comment | added | Peter - Reinstate Monica | Anecdotal evidence lets me believe that bikes tended to be generally longer a couple of decades ago. Is that possible? | |
| Sep 21, 2022 at 6:28 | comment | added | cmaster - reinstate monica | I would guess that the comfort issues are mostly due to higher handles and significantly shorter reach. In general, a longer wheel base makes the bike less twitchy, giving it less the feel of a racer and more of a vehicle for daily use. You can easily add gears to it by use of an IGH. | |
| Sep 20, 2022 at 13:29 | comment | added | David D | This is an apples to oranges comparison. We are comparing wheelbase between one French touring bike and a Soviet utility bike. Neither of these bikes represent all of the kinds of bikes made in either country. | |
| Sep 20, 2022 at 11:23 | answer | added | Asm | timeline score: 13 | |
| Sep 20, 2022 at 9:26 | comment | added | Vladimir F Героям слава | The Ukrainebikes were well known for being combersome even in the western part of the Eastern bloc. But sometimes better bikes just were not available. Or actually, it was very often the case, the best bikes were only for racers or exported to the west. | |
| Sep 20, 2022 at 7:54 | answer | added | nightrider | timeline score: 24 | |
| Sep 20, 2022 at 7:25 | comment | added | ojs | I there's one thing that Soviet Union wasn't known for, it was making desirable consumer products. Bad roads were certainly a thing. | |
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| Sep 19, 2022 at 21:41 | comment | added | Badan | The Peugeot bike is definitely more comfortable and weighs around 2 kilograms less. I also find it easier to make sharp turns with it. Moreover, it has speeds, while the Ukraine bike is single speed and has coaster brake. I do find the Ukraine bike more stable on bad roads though. It also puts you higher up the ground compared to other bikes i have tried, which i do not find ideal. | |
| Sep 19, 2022 at 21:15 | comment | added | Criggie♦ | Which one do you find more comfortable to ride, yourself? Its hard to do a direct comparison because I can see the headtube angle is different, and all these variables are interrelated. | |
| Sep 19, 2022 at 19:22 | answer | added | ojs | timeline score: 15 | |
| Sep 19, 2022 at 18:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackBicycles/status/1571922070149234688 | ||
| Sep 19, 2022 at 16:05 | comment | added | Noise | Clearly this is Grant Petersen’s current inspiration | |
| Sep 19, 2022 at 15:27 | history | edited | Badan | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| S Sep 19, 2022 at 15:23 | history | asked | Badan | CC BY-SA 4.0 |