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Old 11-17-13 | 09:56 AM
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That's a really good spot for trail @ 74deg. Should take corners like it knows what it's doing. The Compact Fad has done a lot for tightening up frame triangles, stiffening up frames. I say fad because, with carbon frames you can build a tube shaped to take all of this out of the bike, if you wanted to. You can argue weight but, even that is a non issue, these days. A lot of what you see in frame design is experimental, to a certain extent. Even back in the LA days they had software to predict aero/strength & stiffness characteristics. Ride quality is really where experimentation is needed. Even that has a lot to do with components. As a rule, & the rules are pretty loose these days, there are certain known perameters that effectively make a bike corner well.
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