This might not make sense to some folks, but I feel the need to acknowledge that someone else knows more about frameset geometry than I do.

Some time back I enthused about the way my Bianchi Pista handles and how the head tube angle and the short rake of the forks work to make that happen.

I said with all confidence that the shorter the rake the quicker the handling.

WRONG!

The shorter the rake, the more stable the bike.

The Bianchi has a steep head tube for quick steering and a short rake to increase trail and thus stability.

Or something like that.

I might still have it wrong.

Anyway, someone posted to the effect that shortening rake increased trail and stability, and I dismissed that person as not knowing as much about it as I thought I did.

That person had it right and I had it wrong.

There.

I feel better.

Everybody can go about their business now, unless they want to talk about head tube angles, rake and trail, and this time I'll pay attention and try not to act like such a know-it-all.