Hello everyone,,I was just wondering if the stock vamoots line-up TT slope changes from 2011 below ??,I’m looking at size 52 to be specific which says 2.1 deg slope,,just curios if it was zero or less on the earlier year models.thanks
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Cento1,
Satellite is correct....the Vamoots never had a true level top tube. The reasons for this are....longer head tubes require a bit of slope in order to not have too much head tube above the top tube and the second reason is looks....If you have a level top tube the bike almost looks like it slopes forward. It's an eye trick for sure.So yes, most of the Vamoots of that era have about 2 degrees of slope.
Thanks,
Jon@Moots
Posted 1 year ago # -
cento1,
It comes down to the longer head tubes..... and a couple of other points...If you look back at the geometry of the Vamoots the head tubes have gotten longer over time because more riders requested this change. We listened and started making them stock with that longer head tube so riders could avoid the massive 100mm of spacers under the stem and avoid going custom.
But, along with making the head tubes longer we have to bring the top tube up the head tube to avoid having too much protrusion above the top tube. If you get much more than 2.5 above the top edge of the top tube, the head tube wants to bow when welded....this makes head set adjustments bad and we believe an overall bad way to build bikes. So, we bring the top tube up on the head tube which gives it more slope.
It's a hard one to get around....if we wanted to keep the top tube level, we could increase the seat tube length...but then you start to lose stand over height....not something that is good either.
We try to balance the relationship all of these have with each other to build a great riding bike, without sacrificing our build principals along the way.
Let me know if you have any other questions.
Thanks,
Jon@Moots
Posted 1 year ago #
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