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void Added a reply to MTB trails in the Netherlands
2/20/2022 12:31pm Bergschenhoek & Zoetermeer near Rotterdam are decent XC routes by Dutch standarts. Trails are super tame but HT, XC tires and creative lines can provide basic level of technicality.
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void Added a reply to BB-height, cornering and why mullet bikes might turn better.
4/27/2021 2:12pm I did a similar thing last year, went for 29" front end, didn't change the geometry so drastically, dropped 20mm of fork travel. My initial feeling of the change in behaviour on flat supported corners (Finale Ligure) was also similar to yours.
void Added a reply to BB-height, cornering and why mullet bikes might turn better.
4/27/2021 1:43pm Let me get it straight.. You changed wheelsize, wheel weight, ATC, trail, offset, head angle, wheelbase, front center, stack, reach, bar roll or your bike and attribute the change in behaviour to the different wheelsize?
void Added a reply to BB-height, cornering and why mullet bikes might turn better.
4/27/2021 1:17pm Turning radius is not something that is relevant to mountainbiking.
void Added a reply to BB-height, cornering and why mullet bikes might turn better.
4/27/2021 8:37am We're talking about taller BB and placing riders weight higher up, not about frame construction and weight distribution within, right?
void Added a reply to BB-height, cornering and why mullet bikes might turn better.
4/27/2021 4:51am @Primoz: "I guess testing that would be simple, tie about a kilo of lead to either the top tube or around the BB and compare how the bike turns." Or just compare seated cornering (COG up high) with cornering while standing, bike/body separation, weight on the pedals, COG low. NotMeAtAll: "Its the same principle of supermotard bikes going circles around...
just6979 Liked a reply to forum topic BB-height, cornering and why mullet bikes might turn better.
4/26/2021 10:24am
"And if you, and then your weight, is connected to the bike through a point that sits below this point, you must push through some leverage to tip the bike." No. The "tipping point" is the ground. Even if the BB is below the axles, there is no "leverage" to push through. It's just lower, and this has less distance to move laterally for a given lean angle. A higher BB moves further laterally for a given lean angle, which could be good or bad depending on corners (bermed, flat, off-camber).
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Dickon Liked a reply to forum topic BB-height, cornering and why mullet bikes might turn better.
4/26/2021 10:24am
I've been thinking about this a lot too! The other day it occurred to me that how easily the bike tips from side to side might not actually depend at all on the position of the bottom bracket relative to the axle height because the bike is rotating about the tire/ground axis when it goes side to side. Thoughts on this?
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void Added a reply to BB-height, cornering and why mullet bikes might turn better.
4/26/2021 1:58am The most effective way to initiate a turn is countersteering, lower BB/CG requires less countersteering input.
lister_yu Liked a reply to forum topic 2019 Racing Rumors
1/11/2019 8:56am
@masipedia ...and I thought I was the only one beeing bored be the vid. Turned of after a 25 seconds.
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KiloMike Liked a reply to forum topic Grips Question
12/25/2018 8:36am
To get them on use the Sensus tip and stick a big handful of zip ties in the grip, slide the grip over the bar and then pull the zip ties out.
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void Added a reply to Grips Question
12/22/2018 1:18am I think success is largely dependent on handlebar surface, mountain bike bars are rarely knurled nowadays.