Originally Posted by
kmart
Ahh, I can but dream of one day being "cool enough" to rouse the angry dutret.
Seriously, what exactly about Ken's post was off?
-His choice of four main factors which effect handling was laughable.
wheelbase should be towards the bottom for a road bike.
rake has little effect outside of trail and weight distribution yet is listed by itself.
Weight distribution is incredibly important in handling but isn't mentioned.
-His dissection of headtube angle shows a complete lack of understanding of how a bike steers. We don't turn the bars to lean we lean to turn the bars.
-His discussion of trail while not wrong is overcomplicated by his continual reference to the position of the axle and a plumbline rather then the simpler point where the tire meets the pavement. He uses the generic shopping cart analogy but doesn't explain what it means. I'm not completely sure if he even knows. While this is not in itself incorrect it shows how he doesn't really understand the concept very well and risks confusing others.
-His discussion of speed on and off the track is laughably uninformed. The fastest bikes on the track(other then stayers bikes) have the steepest angles.
This is part of a general trend with ken cox's posting. He knows a little about bikes and thinks about things a lot. He then makes these incredibly long winded posts that are accepted as insightful due to their length and the complexity of his reasoning.
As far as his assertion that I always blast him without explaining why I usually take the time to point out all of his mistakes and assumptions since his posts are usually about fit and health and the errors are dangerous. Last night I noticed that the blowhard was up to his usual games and it was being accepted as fact but didn't feel the need to point out all of his specific errors because they weren't endangering anyone as normal.