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Frame Geometry - - - Whats Your Ideal ?


IOLO

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it would be greatly appretiated if people could post what they think there most ideal frame geometry is.

this will probably be based on bike you have owned and others bikes u have ridden.

wheelbase?

rear end?

BB height?

head angle?

for example i think mine would be about....

WB - 1080 mm

RE - 380 mm

BB - +10 mm

HA - 71 deg

i woudl like 26" 24" and 20" please

24" may want to include seat angle or top tube length, if you like running a saddle.

thanks alot,!!!

and remeber the frame doesnt have to exsist.

iolo.

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24"

I loved my Leeson (1040 with a tight (74) head angle) but I've got an Ashton now which is much shorter (1025 with a slack (72?) head angle) and it feels goooood. Not had a chance to play at gaps (dodgy shoulder at the moment), but for bunny hopping and spins it feels lovely. So I would definitely be tempted, for an all-out street frame, to have

1020

380

+25mm

73*

I don't think that seat tube/top tube length is that important - it's not like you actually use a seat when riding so where it is is pretty irrelevant :)

Although I've not had a chance to ride a 24" with either a higher or lower BB than +25mm, or one with very different rear end length. So I wouldn't like to call it "ideal" at the moment :P

What you got up your sleeve then Iolo?

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Wouldn't the centre-front measurement be best though? Or something similar, just 'cos of the way that the geometry will be affected by fork length and so on...

Anyway, for geometry for a mod:

WB: 1040

CS: 362

BB: +60

HT: Not really fussed, but maybe 72?

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24"

So I would definitely be tempted, for an all-out street frame, to have

1020

380

+25mm

73*

Tee hee, that sounds familiar! Thats almost exactly the same as my Leeson, except I think my BB is +20!

Its still the only trials bike I have tried (I would like to try a long low bike) but I like it! I think I may prefer a slightly higher BB and a touch longer perhaps, but I do really like it the way it is :)

~Gaz

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Tee hee, that sounds familiar! Thats almost exactly the same as my Leeson, except I think my BB is +20!

Its still the only trials bike I have tried (I would like to try a long low bike) but I like it! I think I may prefer a slightly higher BB and a touch longer perhaps, but I do really like it the way it is :)

~Gaz

Thats very similar to mine, save for the fact that my bb is +15. I love it that way, suits me down to the ground.

24"

1020

380

+15

73

20"

1025

375/380

+55

72

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