so you dont agree with the article (and others) then?
I completely agree with them. But they're off the point I am making.
so you dont agree with the article (and others) then?
Only if you're talking about lean-type steering. A longer stem slows down front wheel turn rate because identical linear displacement at the bar ends results in less angular displacement at the headset.
Exactly...and a longer stem helps eliminate hand twitch errors.
That's nice but it leaves out any discussion of too-high steering ratio, which is exactly what I'm pointing out here.
so you want the bike to be in-efficient to respond to power input?
Ok
the entire point is to limit outside forces from acting on your hands and make the wheel track straighter when the bike is leaned over.
If you are correct enduro and DH riders and freeriders would be riding long stems, but in practice you seem to be flat out wrong.
I ma done argueing with you until you post video of you on your MTB on pump a track.
Why is the only MTB phrase these days "pump track"? I'm so sick of "enduro" and "pump track". Sigh..
because the ability to pump shows your skills and your bike set up....
Its not actually that the wind blows your front wheel sideways. It blows YOU (and the frame/rear wheel) sideways. It feels like the front wheel is being moved, because the wind blows and then the front wheel is at an angle to the frame. But it is really the frame that is moving off its path of travel (which of course turns the FW)..
I'm guessing you've never had a wind gust blow your front wheel sideways.
Only if you're talking about lean-type steering. A longer stem slows down front wheel turn rate because identical linear displacement at the bar ends results in less angular displacement at the headset.
Exactly...and a longer stem helps eliminate hand twitch errors.
That's nice but it leaves out any discussion of too-high steering ratio, which is exactly what I'm pointing out here.
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Getting the thread back on track. This is my new ride I picked up late last fall for my first venture into road biking. The picture was taken the day I got it in October but I still need to get it fine tuned with a fitting. Need a shorter stem as I am a little stretched out on it.
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