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Old 05-15-12 | 01:00 PM
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Originally Posted by carleton
oh, and...

5) time trial bikes handle wonky. The head tube angle of 72.5 degrees is slack to allow for easy handling when in the aerobars. That combined with a 45mm fork rake will make for sluggish handling. To put that into perspective, many road bikes have 73-74 degree head tube angles with 43mm forks. Some track racing bikes have 74.5-75 degree head tube angles with 25-40mm forks.

So, you may be able to make it look like this:



but it will handle like this:
lmfao
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