Originally Posted by
Sixty Fiver
The lower COG on folders / small wheelers is significant... my 20 serves as a touring bike and with the same full loads as my standard touring bike it has a much more stable feel and it will perform maneuvers and recover from bad ones better than most bicycles.
I can see that with a touring load lower that would easily be the case. A higher proportion of the total load would be lower to the ground. With just rider and bike, not so much. Do you find the smaller wheeled bikes more stable unloaded?
I can't say I've felt any significant difference aside from the handling characteristics normally attributed to small wheels and trail, blah blah blah...
That's not saying it's so. Just what I've felt.