Originally Posted by
unterhausen
In any event, your bike is in the range that is considered high trail. Generally that's considered good for high speed stability, less good for lots of other things, like climbing out of the saddle or having a front handlebar bag.
I would be curious to hear a discussion of high vs. low trail, particularly in relation to front vs. rear loading. My bike has rather high trail and flop (81 and 25 millimeters), and is mostly rear loaded with a trunk bag or large seat bag. By my perception it starts to handle ok at around 12 mph, beautifully around 18. And as the rear load increases, the apparent floppiness at lower speed diminishes, including on a stand-up climb.