Re: [CR]Balance

(Example: Production Builders:Cinelli)

Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 13:51:28 -0800 (PST)
From: "Ted E. Baer" <wickedsky@sbcglobal.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Balance
To: goodrichbikes <goodrichbikes@netzero.net>, Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
In-Reply-To: <000001c50245$f889b320$8d0b9f04@computer>


<But what I see is Ted e. Baer (is this a real name or an alias) complaining about a bike veering.........>

Real name. Had to renew my Driver's License today.

Theodore (Ted) Edward (E.) Baer Name and number in the Palo Alto phone book I believe. Palo Alto, CA


--- goodrichbikes wrote:


> Peter Bridge posted-
> sounds to me like a bad relationship between head
> angle and trail, combined
> > with your own tendency to lean to the left.
>
> My reply-
>
> Yes and No. The relationship between head angle and
> fork rake/offset
> determine trail. Trail is best described as a
> self-centering force. As
> long as the trail numbers are in an acceptable range
> (High 40's to low 70's)
> the wheel will self center okay. Most bikes for the
> last 70 plus years have
> followed this formula so I wouldn't think trail to
> be the problem. With
> that said, different people do like different
> amounts of trail and this can
> affect how people perceive a bike handles. But what
> I see is Ted e. Baer
> (is this a real name or an alias) complaining about
> a bike veering rapidly
> to the side. This could be many different things
> including the rider but
> generally it's from one or both wheels not being
> vertical. In the rear,
> this means one drop out is higher than the other.
> With the front wheel, it
> can be the fork is out of alignment and/or one blade
> is longer than the
> other. Also head tube twist will cause the bike to
> veer to the side.
> Ideally the wheels should track in the same line
> relative the the frame
> centerline and perpendicular to the crank axis but
> this misalignment doesn't
> typically rear it's ugly head while sitting up,
> coasting and taking your
> hands off the bars. This isn't to downplay the
> importance of this facet of
> alignment just that I don't think it contributes to
> the proplem Ted axed
> about. YMMV.
>
> Curt Goodrich
> Minneapolis, MN
>
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