Couple quick answears on bars

[sfwilliams@comcast.net (Scott F. Williams)]

Hey, Neal. Do we ideally want a bar that is super rigid? Or, is our main
interest the redistribution of stress around the front of the chassis?
Perhaps a little bit of "springyness" is good so as not to shock load the
unibody all at once?

I'm not arguing this position; I haven't even considered the vector
directions, etc. -just throwing it out there for the MEs to chew on a lil'
bit. What thinketh ye?
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Scott F. Williams
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Neal Tovsen wrote:
Chromoly bikes can be made to be almost as light as
aluminum, but they tend to have much more compliant
(some would say "spongy" or "springy", others would
say "lively") characteristics. Aluminum bicycles are
often characterized as being too stiff. Well, that't
good for us. We want a bar that is RIGID.