Some of the things that influence trail include: fork rake head tube angle tire width rim diameter I suspect that the following influence the "feel" of trail: handlebar height handlebar width point-of-balance on the bicycle I've used the trail calculator linked in this thread quit a bit and fork rake and head tube each have a significant impact for a given rim diameter. Tire width as a small impact. On Friday, May 10, 2013 12:27:58 AM UTC-5, Evan wrote:
> Now that this thread has cooled off -- and also because Grant started a > new follow-up post -- may I ask you-all some very basic questions about > trail? > > 1. Does fork rake/offset alone determine trail? > > 2. If so, how much rake is low trail? About 45mm? > > 3. How much rake is mid trail? About 55mm? > > 4. How much rake is high trail? About 65mm? > > (I'd love to hear, in hard numbers if possible, what constitutes > low-medium-high trail. Otherwise the distinctions blur too much to be > useful.) > > 5. If I had, say, a Hilsen, could I simply buy the Soma forks that Seth > mentioned (http://www.somafab.blogspot.com/2013/05/low-trail-forks.html), > install them, and have an instant low-trail > Hilsen--with no complications? > > Don't get me wrong. I love Riv and Riv bikes and have no desire to mess > with their trail. I'm just curious, is all. Thanks! > > > >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
