Soma San Marcos

[SamuelJames]

How do people like their San Marcos?  I have one in a 59 that I'm waiting until the spring to build.

[DustyMerkin]

I am curious why there is no post about this frame.  I actually think it's a lot nicer then my Rambo, it is a well thought out bike.  From what I can tell other then the seat, all the lugs are Riv's; even the bottom bracket lug has the rivendell stamp on it.  The price was hard to beat!

[Joe Broach]

I saw my first San Marcos "in the wild" here in Portland today.
Looked to be a 63cm nicely set up with the Soma porteur rack, wood
fenders, and porteur-ish bars. It looked like they nailed the brake
reach--pads at the bottom of the slots. The metallic light blue is
very close if not identical to the old Romulus blue. I think the lugs
are actually a little fancier than the Romulus lugs. I look forward
to seeing more of these. Even without the 2TTs, it would have stood
out at the racks--a very distinctive bike.

Best,
joe broach
portland, or

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[Mark Fredrickson]

> It looked like they nailed the brake
> reach--pads at the bottom of the slots.

Slightly OT: why is this a good thing? I've heard this claim a few
times. I can't think of reason why bottom of the slot would be better
(or worse) than anywhere else in the slot.

Thanks for educating me,
-Mark

[CycloFiend]

on 11/18/11 1:26 PM, Mark Fredrickson at mark.m.fr...@gmail.com wrote:

>> It looked like they nailed the brake
>> reach--pads at the bottom of the slots.
>
> Slightly OT: why is this a good thing? I've heard this claim a few
> times. I can't think of reason why bottom of the slot would be better
> (or worse) than anywhere else in the slot.

Simplest reason is that it provides maximum clearance for fenders and larger
profile tires. I think GP has been quoted as mentioning that mid slot is
fine with long reach brakes, while bottom of the slot is prefered for
standard/short reach brakes.

- J

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[Steve Palincsar]

Because it maximizes the size of tire the bike will accommodate.