Several years ago, I converted my 58 cm, 700c wheeled Atlantis to 40 mm trail, vs the 65 mm of stock. The reason for the change was to cure an irritating wander at low speeds on hills. I always have several pounds up front in an Acorn Boxy Rando bag. Like you, I was concerned about the law of unintended consequences, and fortunately encountered none. The wander as reduced noticeably, and there are no problems created by the low(er) trail.
The 40 mm figure was suggested by several people knowledgeable about trail and Rivendells, including the builder who had done several Rivs before mine. The change is admittedly subtle and certainly not an "aha" moment. It is definitely not the religious experience claimed by some of the low trail adherents. dougP On Saturday, October 27, 2018 at 12:13:07 PM UTC-7, John Hawrylak wrote: > > Has anyone converted a Rivendell to a lower trail front geometry? If so, > did the change result in problems? > > Was wondering if the laid back STA & HTA used on Rivendells has an affect > when going to a lower trail. > > John Hawrylak > Woodstown NJ > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
