Originally Posted by
LDBenjamin
Is anyone familiar with frame sink? This is the effect of rake, trail, head tube angle, and wheelbase, where as the front wheel is turned, the front of the bike lowers a tiny bit. It's significant because it requires effort to turn back to center and raise the bike back up against gravity. Supposedly this affects handling.
I always thought that "caster" built into the front fork design should cancel that and that is why we can also ride our bikes without hands on the handlebar.....