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Forum: Fitting Your Bike

12-08-18, 08:50 AM

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Accomodating Seat Angle

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Posted By Kapusta

The argument I am seeing here seems to come down...

The argument I am seeing here seems to come down to stating that a steeper STA increases the bb to front wheel distance becuase when you combine it with longer frame reach or slacker HTA that it in...

Forum: Fitting Your Bike

12-08-18, 08:34 AM

Replies: 21

Accomodating Seat Angle

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Posted By Kapusta

Making the STA steeper itself does NOT move the...

Making the STA steeper itself does NOT move the bb farther from the front wheel.

Yes, it moves the bb farther back relative to the saddle (as you mention above). Hovever, it also moves the entire...

Forum: Fitting Your Bike

12-08-18, 07:55 AM

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Accomodating Seat Angle

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Posted By Kapusta

The diagram above shows how increasing the reach...

The diagram above shows how increasing the reach of the frame helps toe overlap.

The STA had nothing to do with it.

Forum: Fitting Your Bike

12-07-18, 11:04 PM

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Accomodating Seat Angle

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Posted By Kapusta

In that case it is not the STA that reduced the...

In that case it is not the STA that reduced the toe overlap, it was the change in the HTA.

Forum: Fitting Your Bike

12-07-18, 04:05 PM

Replies: 21

Accomodating Seat Angle

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Posted By Kapusta

Please explain how seat angle could influence or...

Please explain how seat angle could influence or mitigate toe overlap. Toe overlap is a function of the distance from the bb to the front axle. This is mainly determined by reach, head angle, and...

Forum: Fitting Your Bike

11-29-18, 09:33 PM

Replies: 21

Accomodating Seat Angle

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Posted By Kapusta

So in your case, I guess you need a slacker seat...

So in your case, I guess you need a slacker seat tube angle than most. Do you know around what seat tube angle becomes too steep for you?

Relating this back to the OP’s point, you don’t really...

Forum: Fitting Your Bike

11-29-18, 09:31 AM

Replies: 21

Accomodating Seat Angle

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Posted By Kapusta

Measuring from the BB back to the saddle itself...

Measuring from the BB back to the saddle itself is an impossible number to give in this case, because it is not a frame measurement. It going to vary with the saddle used, and where it is set...

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