Originally Posted by
somnambulant
I think I read somewhere recently that for porteurs they used to have fairly steep head-angles (which lessens the steering flop effect), paired with a fork with lots of offset. The Kogswell stuff is 73.6º for the 59cm/650B. Weren't early 90's mtbs in like the 60-something range?
Yeah proper porteur bikes have lower trail. Normally this would induce a twitchier ride at low speeds, but with the large loads they carried (up to 50kg apparently!) it's ok since since direction is made more sluggish with a big load.