Originally Posted by
BlazingPedals
One thing to note on the roadster -- a 38" wheelbase is extremely short. I have an older V-Rex with a 40-inch wheelbase, and I've flipped it backwards on steep hills before. Some old 36-38" Visions were known to literally do nosedives under hard braking. IMHO 38" is too short for a highracer design.
I started out with a short-wheelbase (Sun EZ-Speedster) and liked how easy it was to transport but found the handling very jittery and eventually sold it. I don't know what the wheelbase of the Speedster was (can't find specs online anywhere now) but it was probably shorter, around 38 inches.
If you want a SWB but don't like the quick steering then the DeSantis SWB (
at Actionbent for $800) has a 45" wheelbase. If it had been around at the time I would have considered it instead of a LWB.
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