tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12831567.post7846671816937913044..comments2024-03-28T08:40:23.164-05:00Comments on Guitar Ted Productions: The Minutiae Of Millimeters And DegreesGuitar Tedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10960580677548417562noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12831567.post-52160674708294113082016-01-25T22:11:16.738-05:002016-01-25T22:11:16.738-05:00Great post and comments on RKP. All this talk abo...Great post and comments on RKP. All this talk about lower bottom brackets on gravel bikes but Richard Sachs is making CX bikes with 80mm drop. My old road bike (Spec. Roubaix) has about 75mm drop. If a gravel bike was designed for 40mm tires, I would think 85mm drop would not be unreasonable, but I haven't seen anything over 75mm. Never mind more cow bell, I need more BB drop!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01435815083303377873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12831567.post-16186003153824744112016-01-25T10:56:30.304-05:002016-01-25T10:56:30.304-05:00@james- Low trail, (without any load on) equals le...@james- Low trail, (without any load on) equals less stability. On gravel descents, loose, deep gravel, and in softer conditions, less stability is not what I, or many other cyclists, want in a gravel bike. <br /><br />If, however, you put a rack up front and carry a load regularly, low trail makes more sense. That said, I really am not in that category, and therefore I am not looking at anything low trail to make a good gravel bike. In fact, just the opposite is true for me. Think "fire road descending" for mountain bikes, and what that geometry looks like. Then the gravel road geo I prefer makes more sense. <br /><br />I don't see a lot of folks front loading their bikes at gravel events either, so again, low trail doesn't seem necessary or ideal. Guitar Tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10960580677548417562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12831567.post-39941454903522265742016-01-25T09:40:58.652-05:002016-01-25T09:40:58.652-05:00GT,
I'm totally on board with lower bottom bra...GT,<br />I'm totally on board with lower bottom brackets, lower chainstays, and more front center, but head slack head tube angle I'm not so sure about. I recently acquired a bike made by Elephant, the NFE. It's 650B based with a low trail design. The head angle is 73 but with huge fork rake, around 6cm if I recall. This puts the trail in the mid 30's. The handling is outstanding on gravel and dirt.<br />I would love to here your opinion and thoughts, good or bad, on such a design.jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17008921681570733023noreply@blogger.com