Bike is VERY sensitive.....
05-06-23, 11:27 AM
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05-06-23, 11:51 AM
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The default position of a suspension fork is the same as a road fork. So unless you're compressed or rebounding past zero, the rake and trail are pretty much the same. If you completely turned a fork like that around the bike would still be ridable. High wheelers had no rake or trail. but the vertical head tube and the bends in the fork blades. Do not think that a bicycle is a complicated machine. While modern bicycles handle slightly better it is not by a lot. Italian builders tried everything possible to improve bicycles and the difference can hardly be felt. The French had large rake and trail and the bikes handled a bit more smoothly but Dutch commuter bikes have the same geometry.
I was riding bikes before the Repack gang developed real MTB's and the only improvement in the ride was suspension and that came at the expense of weight. There is a little local bump that is 20% and with a normal road bike I could never get more than 3/4th of the way up it and would have to push the rest of the way up. I got a Trek HiFi (or whoever (Bontrager?) built it before Trek) and made it to the top. But this was only because it was heavy as hell and had a long wheelbase so that I could stand on the pedals without the front wheel coming up.
So there is very small differences in geometry of any bicycle and it is only because with this geometry you can ride with no hands for a short distance. Please don't come back and say that you could descend Le Alpe du Huez with no hands.
I was riding bikes before the Repack gang developed real MTB's and the only improvement in the ride was suspension and that came at the expense of weight. There is a little local bump that is 20% and with a normal road bike I could never get more than 3/4th of the way up it and would have to push the rest of the way up. I got a Trek HiFi (or whoever (Bontrager?) built it before Trek) and made it to the top. But this was only because it was heavy as hell and had a long wheelbase so that I could stand on the pedals without the front wheel coming up.
So there is very small differences in geometry of any bicycle and it is only because with this geometry you can ride with no hands for a short distance. Please don't come back and say that you could descend Le Alpe du Huez with no hands.
Oh, and that orange bike is definitely not my Bridgestone
05-07-23, 01:35 AM
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I have my new 800mm bars installed. Everything seems to FIT SOO much better. The bike does resemble a longhorn steer but I think I may like it. I have not ridden it yet with the new bars. I will take a pic but it will be in my garage so you will have to filter out the background clutter. Give me a few minutes
05-07-23, 01:53 AM
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Excuse the messy garage. Fishing season is kicking into high gear and the weather is nice so my free time to organize my clutter is getting thin. Once we get storms I will be a shut-in and get it all back together.
I will get a pic of it outside later today if I get a chance. Heading out 20 miles to catch some big fish so I may be too tired but I don't think I will be able to hold back going for a ride when I get home.
I will get a pic of it outside later today if I get a chance. Heading out 20 miles to catch some big fish so I may be too tired but I don't think I will be able to hold back going for a ride when I get home.
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05-07-23, 04:49 PM
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Nice bars, but man, I’m uncomfortable just looking at them!
05-08-23, 04:33 PM
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I am really enjoying the new bars. I like the width so far but I am going to move everything inward to 740mm total to see how that rides and move back and forth to find the perfect sweet spot for me before cutting the bars.
The angles seem pretty great on my hands and wrists. So much better.
The angles seem pretty great on my hands and wrists. So much better.
