Velo Orange frames
05-05-16, 10:34 AM
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I've seen some VO frames in person and they have nice welds and paint jobs. They are a reasonable value compared to other options for relatively inexpensive steel frames. My only beef is their geometries. All of their frames have extremely short head tubes, which I don't understand for bikes intended for touring, randonneuring and commuting. I couldn't ride any of their frames without a large stack of spacers above the head tube. However, if you like your bikes set up with a large saddle to handlebar drop -- or don't mind a stack of spacers -- they are nice.
Yes, that is the only complaint I have about mine! The head tube is short and thus I have a bunch of spacers. It looks a little weird. Otherwise I like it a lot.
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1964 JRJ (Bob Jackson), 1973 Wes Mason, 1974 Raleigh Gran Sport, 1986 Schwinn High Sierra, 2000ish Colian (Colin Laing), 2011 Dick Chafe, 2013 Velo Orange Pass Hunter
05-05-16, 01:04 PM
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If it requires lots of spacers to get the handlebars high, it allows low handlebars if you want that. If it didn't require spacers, it would not allow low handlebars, and maybe they don't want to miss out on that segment of the market. But I dunno.
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