Thread: Does longer rake change top tube angle?
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Old 11-17-10 | 01:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Kayce
The entire bike will be at a different angle relitive to the ground. The seat tube and headtubes will be less steep, the top tube will slope back, as will the chainstays. None of those things would effect the performance of the frame outright, but it will be a totally different handling bike due to the change in trail, and the movement of the bottom bracket.
wait you are saying the top tube would slope BACK with longer rake? wouldn't it slope FORWARD? me confuse.
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