My A. Homer Hilsen is a 58cm with 650B wheels. According to the Riv Geo charts that bike has a 71 degree headtube angle and 49mm of rake. That calculates out to 63mm of trail and 19mm of flop with my 38mm tires. I only run it with a handlebar bag. The Marks rack weighs about a pound and the empty handlebar bag weighs maybe closer to 2 pounds. I've probably had as much as 15 pounds of total stuff in it. When I park the bike the front wheel wants to flop over BIG TIME, but riding at any speed I can't imagine a bike being much more stable. Climbing a steep hill at 8km/hr it goes in a straight line perfectly well. Descending at up to 80km/hr I've been confident and shimmy free. Riding no handed is no problem. I've never ridden this bike with a rear rack at all, but I have one for if and when I need to carry more stuff for a 600k. I'm also setting up a low-trail bike this winter, so I'll probably have some kind of Pillsbury bake off to see if there is a noticeable difference. It's got 36mm of trail and 10mm of flop with the same tires that I run on the Homer.
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