What is a Monostay frame? - Newbie question.

[james]

Could anyone please tell me what a 'Monostay' frame is? I've been looking
around for a new mountain bike and have read a few times in the specs about
this but haven't found out what it actually is.
Is it something worth having on a bike mainly used for road/ light off-road?
Thanks in advance.

[Zoot Katz]

Fri, 21 Nov 2003 20:22:14 -0000,
>, "james"
> wrote:

>Could anyone please tell me what a 'Monostay' frame is? I've been looking
>around for a new mountain bike and have read a few times in the specs about
>this but haven't found out what it actually is.

The seat stay tubes join a large tube that's then attached to the main
triangle. It's also known as a "wishbone" though it looks like a front
fork welded to the wrong end of the bike.

>Is it something worth having on a bike mainly used for road/ light off-road?

I think its a gimmick.
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zk

[Zoot Katz]

Fri, 21 Nov 2003 23:24:56 -0400,
<pan.2003.11.22.03.24.56.307381@cyclist>, Commuter Cyclist
-an-address> wrote:

>>>Is it something worth having on a bike mainly used for road/ light off-road?
>>
>> I think its a gimmick.
>
>It makes a nifty way to mount a fender or rack, the bolt is hidden.

IMO, the rack mounting always looked weird on a monostay. My bike's
brake bridge is tapped on the underside for mounting a fender.
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zk