and still rideable up without being flippy floppy?

I know head angle is just one number that makes up the bike geometry as a whole, but i’m just a wondering.

Thinking in 650b flavour.

Range seems to go from:
64.5 on a BTR Ranger,
66 on a Curtis AM7,
66 on an Orange Crush,
66.5 on a Whyte 905,
Plus Brants stuff of which i’m not too familiar.

I guess i’m wondering what works on a miles & smiles bike.

Ta

65 ish I think on my 456 EVO Ti, but that’s a 26″. Works well as an all day & ‘ardcore ‘ardtail.

your wife?

^ not a hardtail 😉

And how short travel can slack go?

Isn’t the Stanton 65 sagged? That’s pretty slack, but the ranger runs a shorter fork so is slacker bottomed out I think

Transition TransAM 275 67.5

Just built one not ridden yet seemed ok around the garden 🙂 Will see if does smiles and miles at the weekend.

Stanton Switchback is 64 static, and climbs very well (with no need to add the word ‘considering’ either).

My 26″ chameleon with 160mm 650b Talas forks was around 64deg and horrible to ride on anything other than steep downhill. I’m not sure what the angle is with the forks dropped to 130mm but it is much better. Because the forks are 650b they are taller (12.5mm) than 26″ forks so its like running a 140mm fork