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Wheel flop, fork length, and head angle
"Chalo" wrote in message om... "cheg" wrote: Makes sense, if the energy state of the bike is lower with the wheel turned then it will turn. Unfortunatey the only way I can see to change the offset is to change to a different fork and I like the one I have in other respects. If you can find or make (or have made for you) a fork crown/steerer assembly that accepts you current stanchions but has some offset or rake built into it, then you might be in business. A lot of 20" suspension forks use the old Rock Shox Mag 21-type standard of 1" leg diameter on 107mm centers. If yours is like that, you are in luck-- Mag 21 crowns are raked to provide offset for sliders that have no offset at the dropout. RST crowns have a touch of offset but no rake. By switching to a crown from an old Mag 21 or one of its clones, you will combine offset at the dropout with rake at the crown for more total offset than would otherwise be possible. Chalo Colina Thats great, I may find a trashed Mag 21 at Recycled Cycles to part out. I know the leg diameter is right but I have to check the spacing. The trick will be to get a crown that will take a 1" steerer. |
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Wheel flop, fork length, and head angle
(Scott Hendricks) wrote:
(Chalo) wrote in message . com... "cheg" wrote: It has a lot of wheel flop and cannot be ridden with no hands. I would like to improve the steering stability. I encourage you to pursue the measure of adding fork offset to normalize your bike's steering characteristics, but there is one relevant fact which nobody has yet brought up: (sections snipped) Chalo Colina you've got it backwards. Increased trail adds stability. Decreasing offset increases trail. Increasing offset would decrease trail and make the stability issue worse. Normally, but the bike in question has 2.5" of trail already and its main handling issue is wheel flop. More trail would only make it worse. Mark Hickey Habanero Cycles http://www.habcycles.com Home of the $695 ti frame |
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