So I found this interesting article by our very own Don Walker http://www.urbanvelo.org/issue3/urbanvelo3_p44-45.html Remembering that he is a forum member I dropped him a line He wrote back within ten minutes ! He suggested that I needed a trail of ~58cm the article above explains his reasoning for this His estimation was that to achieve this trail I needed to adjust the headtube angle to 54 degrees And set the fork rake to 36mm This I confirmed with this bloody excellent trail/rake calculator http://www.anvilbikes.com/images/1064634020.xls He also suggested raising the BB by a further 0.5cm Thank you Mr Walker you are a top bloke ...:) Buddha.
So I found this interesting article by our very own Don Walker
http://www.urbanvelo.org/issue3/urbanvelo3_p44-45.html
Remembering that he is a forum member I dropped him a line
He wrote back within ten minutes !
He suggested that I needed a trail of ~58cm the article above explains his reasoning for this
His estimation was that to achieve this trail I needed to adjust the headtube angle to 54 degrees
And set the fork rake to 36mm
This I confirmed with this bloody excellent trail/rake calculator
http://www.anvilbikes.com/images/1064634020.xls
He also suggested raising the BB by a further 0.5cm
Thank you Mr Walker you are a top bloke ...:)
Buddha.
I think you used the wrong side of the calculator?
58 trail you get
75 hta with 30.4 mm fork 74 hta with 36.3 mm fork 73 hta with 42.2 mm fork
'Fast' handling bike track bikes have a trail around 64
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I think you used the wrong side of the calculator?
58 trail you get
75 hta with 30.4 mm fork
74 hta with 36.3 mm fork
73 hta with 42.2 mm fork
'Fast' handling bike track bikes have a trail around 64