bikeperson45 Posted July 20, 2008 Report Share Posted July 20, 2008 I'm stuck now. Thinking about getting a bike with a 1065 wheelbase. Just went out and measured my Saracen flea's wheelbase and it's 1010. Isn't that really short. Wheelbase is from measured from hub to hub isn't it? Would 1065 be a short wheelbase or is is sort of middleish?Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Davies Posted July 20, 2008 Report Share Posted July 20, 2008 I'm stuck now. Thinking about getting a bike with a 1065 wheelbase. Just went out and measured my Saracen flea's wheelbase and it's 1010. Isn't that really short. Wheelbase is from measured from hub to hub isn't it? Would 1065 be a short wheelbase or is is sort of middleish?Thanksall depends on what sort of riding you want to do, if you want a streety feel bike for big bunny hops, manual type moves then dont get anything longer than around 1060, if you do more trialsy moves that involve pedaling to get up stuff then a longer one is probably better, i had this problem last year, i bought an echo pure long which is something like 1085 (i think) and i did more streety stuff, could i get the front end up to manual, could i heck!! i couldnt even bunny hop 6 inches it was that bad so i had to get rid, i moved onto an inspired fourplay which was superb for my style of riding and i think thats 1040, if your used to the saracen and you like the way it rides i'd stick to smaller wheelbase 1010 is really short but if you like it then thats up to you.....and when you measure the wheelbase its from the centre to centre of the hubs, hope this helps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N Roach Posted July 20, 2008 Report Share Posted July 20, 2008 I'm stuck now. Thinking about getting a bike with a 1065 wheelbase. Just went out and measured my Saracen flea's wheelbase and it's 1010. Isn't that really short. Wheelbase is from measured from hub to hub isn't it? Would 1065 be a short wheelbase or is is sort of middleish?ThanksYes, the wheelbase is the distance from the centre of the front axle to the centre of the rear axle. If you have a mod (20" bike) then a 1010 wheelbase is pretty medium (start at 990 and go on to 1050). If you have a stock with a wheelbase of 1065, then that has a pretty short wheelbase. With 26" bikes a good medium wheel base is 1085. (start at 1060 and go to 1100) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeperson45 Posted July 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2008 Thanks, hepled tonnes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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