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On the subject of steering geometry

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ediotism:

--- Quote from: JFax on October 14, 2015, 02:22:27 AM ---I always ride 1 or 2 degrees of chicago. That Chicago in the pic is just silly.

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it's probably just "silly" because of how odd it looks relative to the toptube (ane the bike frame). bear in mind that modern frames are a lot more slanted that they were years ago.

but you notice that against the background, it's directly vertical, which makes it only a tiny bit more forward then most riders. i just took my bike to check the bars, which are almost vertical. i've always wanted it a tiny bit more forward for flatland-style stuff but it's at the perfect angle for street/ramps, bearing in mind that i run 18mm offset forks.

if you look at bikes from the Etnies Forward era or even a bit later, most bars are quite vertical. back then, backends were longer and TTs were shorter in comparison, and a rider'd look really cramped on a bike if the bars are pulled back past the fork angle

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