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Old 05-20-05 | 08:46 AM
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Bikes: Calfee Dragonfly, Lemond Poprad, Airborne Manhatten Project, Calfee Luna Fixie

This happens becuase your chainstays are short. Calfee (www.calfeedesign.com) makes his bikes with real long chainstays. My front wheel never pops a wheelie, not even on step, slow climbs, or during sprints. I've always had that same problem before I switched to Calfee. Most people think long chainstays mean a sluggish bike, but I don't find that to be true, and my two podium finishes on a Calfee in my last two crits would tend to support my beliefs!

Anyway, since you probably don't want to change frames, the other suggestions above are good ones, but I just thought I rant a bit about frame geometry, because that is the root cause. Also getting a bit lower may help, bars with a deeper drop.

Also if you can pedal toes down and set your pedals up so that you are more on the front of your foot, that could also help.
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