[Yak] Re: The Tikit and 'trail'

[alex wetmore]

On Fri, 3 Oct 2008, Greg Illes wrote:
> So - - one would think that the designers would try to "normalize"
> the design to more closely emulate a 26" behavior, and increase the
> rake, trail, or both to increase castering effect and slow down the
> steering.

Increasing the rake (offset) decreases the trail.  They have an
inverse relationship.

I don't think handling with small wheels is quite simple enough to
just say that having the same trail as a large wheel bike will result
in similar handling.  However I can say that every Bike Friday that
I've measured has had lower trail than what you'd find on standard
road racing, loaded touring, or mountain bikes.

alex