"plenty stable" makes sense. Reading Cycling Plus, seems like most race bikes they review have trail in the range fo 60 mm. My 1980 Masi has that trail, and it is definitely a stable steerer.
Ken Freeman Ann Arbor, MI USA
-----Original Message----- From: classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org [mailto:classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org] On Behalf Of John Wood Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 4:37 PM To: Emily O'Brien Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Subject: Re: [CR]Re: thread on change in styles
On Feb 1, 2008 2:02 PM, Emily O'Brien <emilyonwheels@emilysdomain.org>
wrote:
> Actually, I'd disagree that it's the geometry of modern racing bikes.
> I've ridden plenty of them and even have one, although my favorite
> bike for long rides is an on-topic Raleigh. They are plenty stable,
> and tend to be easier to ride no-handed than my Raleigh.
For what it's worth (not much), my opinion has always been that ease or difficulty of hands free riding is mostly due to frame alignment. I have had both new and old bikes that were either hard or easy to ride no hands, and I have not been able to correlate it to a specific geometry trait.
John Wood
Red Lodge, MT