For me on a 140mm HT :

74 deg seat angle
66 deg head angle

Descends well, climbs well.

I know there are other parameters but from a pure angle POV, what works for you ?

3

Sagged or static?

But it’s by the by, I don’t know yet, I haven’t ridden enough bikes. 66.5 (static) seems ok, but maybe could be a degree more. Can’t afford/be bothered to find out though currently, ignorance is bliss.

it amazes me that folk care this much about their bike and that they know what angle they prefer and the exact tyre pressure and all that sort of stuff

1×1

6.022×10^-23 if you substitute it for abara cadabra then sometimes people don’t notice.

I like 8, 29, and 33.

it amazes me that folk care this much about their bike and that they know what angle they prefer and the exact tyre pressure and all that sort of stuff

It amazes me they don’t care – it’s very easy/quick to work out the angles based on travel and IME a couple of degrees make a big difference.

As for tyre pressure, I simply squeeze the tyre before riding : simple enough for you ? 😉

All static btw.

If I tell you they will lose their powers.

326

or 318 plus some

I’m also drawn towards 48.2 and feel a certain revulsion for 51.8, but that’s just me.

I also like prime numbers but especially 13, 17 and 27

[video]https://youtu.be/dLBx3g8cowY[/video]

I reckon

Head Angle: 62.5
Seat angle: 74.5
or
http://www.bikes2udirect.com/bikes_html/images/items/B4327.jpg

Out of 5 bikes, I have no clue to any of the angles. Some are slack, some are steep.

Whatever happened to them anyway? Saw them live once at a corporate event and they were surprisingly great.

What are your magic numbers ?

That’s private.

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aU4pyiB-kq0[/video]

I did like the Magic Numbers, no edge to them without being shit, it’s a neat trick.

Badly Drawn Boy was similar.

Oh yeah angles and such. Don’t care really, 20 min ride will tell me more than a million measurements and angles.

About 440, 450m reach- I know the trend’s for longer but this is comfortable for me.
760-780 bars
Head angle south of 65 but I slacken everything off on general principles. Current main bike is about 64, I’d like it to be less but it works.
Wheelbase maybe about 1200? Current bike is 1180, wish it was just a tad longer
BB drop as low as you can get without dying all the time

And one of my favourite bikes ever, my Dune, has only one of these things so go figure. If I judged it purely on the numbers, like an MBR journalist, I’d have never bought it.

chakaping – Member

Whatever happened to them anyway? Saw them live once at a corporate event and they were surprisingly great.

Saw Michelle Stodart playing solo the other night, supporting David Ford- she’s gone all country. Fantastic voice. And rocked the bass for the boy Ford.

Sagged or static?

Makes quite a big difference.

jonba – Member

6.022×10^-23 if you substitute it for abara cadabra then sometimes people don’t notice.

Serious answer…

I’m not mega fussy about head and seat angles – just like them slack-ish and steep-ish respectively.

Reach 460mm
Chainstays 450mm
Seat tube 450mm or less
Head tube depends on fork travel.

I did think I was fixed on 430mm CS, but as I’ve tried bikes with longer reach – it seems they’re better balanced and more stable for me with longer stays as well.

They used to 1, 7, 13, 25, 34 and 49 but thank **** they changed the way the lottery is drawn because I hadn’t bought a ticket in years.

Bikes? No idea. The mk3 Soul’s pretty good if that helps. It’s chuckable yet trundleable/bimbleable.

edit- I quite like 5, 12 and 13 as well. Pythagorean, innit, which is nice when you’re watching the snooker on the telly.

36, 26, 36!

Bikes though no idea. My newest bike is a cotic solaris. It’s good.

My other mtb is a commencal meta am, that really pissed me off last weekend, but that was the brakes fault. Not the frame…

1500 (Price).
26 (Wheel size).
27 (Gears).
2 or 3 (Bottle cages).
135 (Rear axle).

For me on a 27+ 150mm HT :

75 deg seat angle
62.5 deg head angle

Descends well, climbs well.

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e^i?

I don’t know anymore – both the full-sus and hardtail feel really great though! The latter has more reach and a shorter stem and narrower bars, shorter chainstays, similar sagged BB height, slightly steeper seat angle but is about three degrees less slack at sag (67 vs 64 deg HA). It’s all too complex!

I see your ‘3’ Pimpmaster Jazz, and raise you ’12’…

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZshZp-cxKg[/video]

Number Two.

garage-dweller – Member

Number Two.

Ah good, a fellow coprophile! We should hook up

garage-dweller – Member
Number Two.

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Ah good, a fellow coprophile! We should hook up[/quote]

You’re right I do think the Police do a good job.

33-19

For me on a 140mm HT :

74 deg seat angle
66 deg head angle

Descends well, climbs well.

While I own a HT with similar numbers, that’s hardly and exhaustive description of a bikes geometry…

https://youtu.be/kGoEmhQP774

While I own a HT with similar numbers, that’s hardly and exhaustive description of a bikes geometry…

Absolutely and it’s not meant to be.

I did write “there are other parameters” in my OP but you might have missed that bit. 😉

Number 5

6.022×10^-23 if you substitute it for abara cadabra then sometimes people don’t notice.

I like your thinking, but your avocado is a bit wee. You must have tiny moles.

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