On Fri, 2013-05-10 at 06:43 -0700, Chris Lampe 2 wrote: > Some of the things that influence trail include: > > fork rake > head tube angle > tire width > rim diameter > > I suspect that the following influence the "feel" of trail: > > handlebar height > handlebar width > point-of-balance on the bicycle
and amount of load and where carried > > I've used the trail calculator linked in this thread quit a bit and > fork rake and head tube each have a significant impact for a given rim > diameter. Tire width as a small impact. Tire width has a small inpact on geometric trail. Tire width has a large impact on pneumatic trail. The two combine to produce overall trail. When you widen the tires and increase pneumatic trail, you need to reduce geometric trail, or else you end up with excessive trail and the bike feel sluggish. When you narrow the tires you need to increase the geometric trail, or you may end up with insufficient stability. -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
