lets set the terminology straight

[echelon_john]

Duh! Everybody knows that 1 Epic=10 Instagrams!

I just love it when folks talk about their epic rides as if the word was a unit of measure atmo.

[ergott]

one is a fork component, the other a frame component.

Ahh, silly me. Wasn't thinking.

[Jonathan]

Serious question, what is the difference between the two?

since you're not a framebuilder you get a pass. The Steerer tube is brazed to the fork crown on a steel fork or is molded or bonded on a carbon fork. The headtube is the tube in the frame that the steerer tube passes through.

[dcPete]

23C tires? WTF is C? It's 23mm by 700C despite what the tire company's mold on their tires.

French size markings (e.g. 700 x 35C) give the approximate tire outer diameter (700 mm) and width (35mm). The letter at the end indicates the inner diameter of the tire. In this case, C stands for 622 mm and on a 650 rim, C stands for 571 mm.
Not an intuitive system.

[Curt Goodrich]

Correct. There are 700A, 700B & 700C. Just like 650A, 650B & 650C.

[Jonathan]

Correct. There are 700A, 700B & 700C. Just like 650A, 650B & 650C.

So so lame, you forgot 700d. :)

[WadePatton]

So is epic 2.0 the new epic or is the 2 epics or epica or epici? So confused.......

not confused,

wait for it...





epicurious

[zetroc]

A steerer tube is not a head tube. Head tubes don't come in 1" spec, steerer tubes do. A personal pet peave is the "I want a bike with a 1" headtube" comment. Yes, we are smart enough to understand you, but if you're going to build a frame you should at least know some basics.

also, a steerer tube is not a steer tube. I don't want to know what a steer tube is for.

[steve garro]

beaver.png- Garro.

[Will Outlaw]

Sorry, I stopped paying attention to everything else in this thread at "Dampening."

[WadePatton]

Pardon me, but isn't that "beaver #1" in exhibit #29

shaven?

hence the stubble...ew.

[e-RICHIE]

Let's cut to the chase - what is a framebuilder? Is it someone who can build, or does build, a
frame? Or does one become a framebuilder after reaching a number or experience level atmo?

[ron l edmiston]

-- a frame-builder, to ronnie, is reaching a number & experience level..
a farm-boy, back on our hoosier farm, became a plow-boy after plowing a number of furrows/rows or experience level..

ronnie, a designated & earned plow-boy, with a smile..

[Brian Smith]

I'm not sure if this is about enlightenment or rather about amusement, but I'm mostly picking up the latter here.
While were at it, how about "terms" versus terminology ?

[EricKeller]

"front fork" raises my hackles too.

what about "front forks"?

I have trademarked the phrase, "epic is not a synonym for stupid"

[ergott]

Let's cut to the chase - what is a framebuilder? Is it someone who can build, or does build, a
frame? Or does one become a framebuilder after reaching a number or experience level atmo?

[Vlad Luskin]

beaver.png- Garro.

That looks like something I saw in Vonnegut...

[Craddock]

'Oversize'

[Matthew Strongin]

That looks like something I saw in Vonnegut...

That would be exactly where you saw it. Breakfast of Champions.

[WadePatton]

what about "front forks"?

I've yet to see a rear fork that's all.

It's a akin to a "forward slash" and "pre-heat" ... oh nevermind. I have to bust the books on process engineering...