Christoph Falkner wrote: >Hi again, > > "Dirk Bonné" <dirk_bonne@xxxxxxxxxx> schrieb: > > "Okay. I was thinking about the chain pulling the wheel sideways. I thought > that the big handle bars were to counteract that." > >Sorry, I didn´t see this aspect. Chain must pull in direction or exactly >parallel to the steering axis to have NO momentum around the steering axis. On >the Bevo it does, on the Minq not. > > "Such a bike with understeering. The seat a lower. Foldability. Could be > nice." > >Funny. That were exactly my thoughts when I saw the pictures ;-). But you are >limited in BB and seat high: To have enough "chainstay"-length for clean >shifting, BB couldn´t be lower than 63 cm with 20"-wheels or 58 cm with >16"-wheels. If the distance between BB and seat high should´t be more than 25 >cm,minimum seat high ist 38 cm respective 33 cm. OK, still quite low. > > General question, Are there guide lines for the minimum distance between BB and derailleur? > "I googled for BEVO, they used an extra roller to handle the stress on the > derailleur." > > >This roller seems to be a MUST, if you use a derailleur. > > May be I am just imagine things, but looking more at the minq2 pic, they might have a solution --without rollers!!! If you have the rotation axis going very near to the end of the derailleur (the lower roller), you minimize the stress on the derailleur. In such a case the positon of the end of the derailleur doesn't change much when you turn! It is a compromise of course, as you will always have a distance of the rotation axis to the tip of the derailleur, but may be they figured it acceptable. Dirk ============================================================ This is the Python Mailinglist //www.freelists.org/list/python Listmaster: Jürgen Mages jmages@xxxxxx To unsubscribe send an empty mail to python-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field. ============================================================