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Balor
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Negative rake AND "negative" head tube angle. Simply going for a negative rake on a conventional angle will only make flop much nastier due to proportionally increased trail.
That might very well be. I've read 'motorcylcle dynamics' by Cossalter and I admit that some parts are way too complex for me to understand fully, but I will eventually experiment with a spring and see how it compares.
Well, 'self-stability' is thing that you either have or your don't. Being able to ride no-hands, however, is mostly a rider skill and does not really tell you anything about steering characteristics. There are multiple people riding MBB bikes effortlessly no hands (I cannot), there are videos of people riding 'conventional' SWB bents with tiller and even lowracers no-hands (most people cannot, indeed), there are reports that some people (circus athletes, mostly) being able to ride early FWD-rear wheel steering bents that absolute most people find completely unrideable.
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bob walton
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I thought you could see from the videos it was stable. Most people that tried it, learnt how to ride it in about 2 seconds. If you don't believe me, I don't care.
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Balor
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Oh, I do trust you - like I said, I've tried a similar design, and it rides fine (and would ride even better with a functional remote).
I just remind you that a video of riding no-hands does not actually prove anything conclusively :).
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