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Reversed trail, negative trail? Look at the first picture on this explanation here http://davesbikeblog.blogspot.com/2007/05/trail-fork-rake-and-little-bit-of.html

You will see that the trail is behind the vertical axle line so is that what you mean by negative/reversed trail and if it is most bikes have it. The zero rake forks just makes that trail a bit larger.

The handling might not be suited to the road but when going round a small track and leaning round all the corners it must work otherwise they wouldn't be made like that I guess. And they always have as I used to watch cycle speedway 30 years ago and the bikes looked pretty much the same.

very clear article. thanks for that. I always thought the trail of a bike extended in front of the steering axis. I see now thats wrong.

i've learned quite a bit in the last page of this thread. Heard of speedway racing for the first time, AND it looks cool. Now i know a little more about trail.