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Anyone out in the stw wilderness know how much you change your head angle when fitting longer forks or winding talas up and down etc?

eg. 15mm=1 degree????


 
Posted : 14/02/2012 10:32 am
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It's more like 1 inch/25mm to 1 degree


 
Posted : 14/02/2012 10:40 am
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17mm sagged from a calculation I did once.

I think it's pretty transferable to all mtbs, though someone did call me on it, turned out to be yet another "you're wrong because I say you are even though I offer no explanation" type.


 
Posted : 14/02/2012 10:44 am
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Sounds like Al has worked this out whereas I've just quoted from 'urban myth' 😀

Unless someone has a better answer, I would go with Al


 
Posted : 14/02/2012 11:16 am
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[url= http://gearinches.com/blog/misc/bike-geometry-comparator ]knock yourself out[/url]


 
Posted : 14/02/2012 11:22 am
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I should add "give or take a mm or 2" in case the pedants arrive...


 
Posted : 14/02/2012 11:27 am
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It's 20mm per degree for normal range of fork lengths / head angles.


 
Posted : 14/02/2012 11:39 am
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cheers folks 😀


 
Posted : 14/02/2012 11:46 am
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al is wrong, totally and completely wrong, so wrong in fact, i cba to correct it.


 
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Oh no, now jameso's said that, I might have to calculate it again...


 
Posted : 14/02/2012 11:52 am
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Nah ) 17mm, 20mm, it's close enough for fork-length faffing. If I lay out a bike geometry and change the fork length alone, that's what I get.


 
Posted : 14/02/2012 12:05 pm
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sagged or unsagged?


 
Posted : 14/02/2012 12:06 pm
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sagged or unsagged?

TJ has a point. 20mm of sagged fork height will give more of a change in head angle than 20mm of non-sagged fork height.


 
Posted : 14/02/2012 2:59 pm

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