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Old 07-25-11 | 10:54 AM
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From: Lou-evil, Canned-Yucky USA
Originally Posted by tessartype
TT bikes have more trail and slacker head-tube ("steering tube") angles than road-bikes. Cervelo's P-series have 72.5 degrees, while road machines usually sport 73deg, or even 73.5deg. Focus' Izalco Chrono sports 72deg, Trek's Speed Concept 72.5deg again.
I stand corrected on the head tube angle. My experience has been that TT/Tri bikes felt twitchy compared to road bikes so I falsely assumed it was due to steeper head tubes. I'll need to see what the ratio is of wheelbase to trail.

**Update**
Apparently fork rake is also slightly greater on a few of the bikes I checked (Cervelo, Kestrel, Quintana Roo, Jamis) so trail will be reduced and the handling should be "more predictable; slower" than a road bike. I find this odd since my experiences/impressions have been to the contrary.

I apologize for my incorrect assumptions.

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