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From: ramarren@apple.com (Godfrey DiGiorgi)
Subject: Re: uh, der, whassa deltabox?
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Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1993 20:53:38 GMT
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>Can someone tell me what a deltabox frame is, and what relation that has,
>if any, to the frame on my Hawk GT?  That way, next time some guy comes up
>to me in some parking lot and sez "hey, dude, nice bike, is that a deltabox
>frame on there?" I can say something besides "duh, er, huh?"

The Yammie Deltabox and the Hawk frame are conceptually similar
but Yammie has a TM on the name. The Hawk is a purer 'twin spar' 
frame design: investment castings at steering head and swing arm
tied together with aluminum extruded beams. The Yammie solution is
a bit more complex.
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