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[Closed] What 120mm FS with a 67ish degree head angle?

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or one that can be fitted with an angleset?


 
Posted : 31/05/2012 10:42 am
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what about the rest of the geometry?


 
Posted : 31/05/2012 10:49 am
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Yet ASR 5 with 140mm forks. OK, so the rear is 127mm, but it's close enough.

I'd have thought many 120mm frames could be had with 68 degrees, then just get a Works Headset to lop 1 degree off.


 
Posted : 31/05/2012 10:56 am
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Whyte 120. Great bike, but has looks only a mother could love.


 
Posted : 31/05/2012 11:01 am
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i suppose something similar geometry wise to a ragley MMMbop but FS


 
Posted : 31/05/2012 12:28 pm
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Logicaly surely a FS mmmbop wouldn't need to be as slack as when the bike bottoms out evenly then the head angle doesnt steepen like a hardtail? and when the fork bottoms out any other time it's going to be lifted by whatever it's hit?

And FS bikes don't require so much weight over the front and the rider can be more central on the bike, so there's less need for the front wheel to be moved forewards to compensate. i.e. in an extream example hanging off the back of a FS bike the front wheel is in the same place as having your COG centraly over a slack hardtail.

Conversely FS bikes are faster (generaly), so the longer wheelbase gives a greater stability at higher speeds (combined with a longer TT and chainstay).

Just saying there might be a reason why 120mm FS bikes don't have super slack angles like some hardtails.


 
Posted : 31/05/2012 12:46 pm
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mythic spitfire


 
Posted : 31/05/2012 1:23 pm
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I suppose a trance x with angleset?


 
Posted : 01/06/2012 8:46 am
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scott spark has a 68 head angle


 
Posted : 01/06/2012 9:39 am