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Tom_Kellogg journeyman Reged: 12/22/03 Posts: 67 Loc: Lehigh County, Pa. Re: Track Trail       12/01/05 09:43 PM (4.238.250.147) Edit   Reply   Quote   Mike: Because I am lazy, and because it has been a long, hard day, I will address your immediate question ... When it is consistently difficult to hold your bike down in the turns, there are two common causes. First, the design of the track itself can cause the symptom. Essentially, track design that causes this are insufficient banking relative to the turn radius. Trexlertown has this problem, but as you might have guessed, the other factor related to this design issue is the speed of the cyclist. A slow speed eliminates the problem. Therefore, all tracks are designed to be neutral at a given speed, and that speed is chosen by the designer. Trexlertown is neutral at about 25-28 mph, well below race speed. That speed was chosen so that recreational riders could feel comfortable riding the track. The second cause is low trail. This is what really gets at your question. Even though your track may be the larger problem, it can be largely dealt with by designing the frame for the track and the expected typical speed of the rider. The degree by which we might increase trail on a frame for your track depends on answering those questions. Does this help? Hope so. -------------------- Tom Kellogg Spectrum Cycles 610-398-1986 http://spectrum-cycles.com/ Post Extras

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