July 9, 2008 at 5:26 pm
#8600
Budd
Participant
It has more to do with the rake and handle bars. The rake reduces the turning radius. The higher handle bars make pushing on them a little more difficult. There is some geometrical calculation you can do involving the contact and its distance in relation to whear the fork and the tire intersect too. The greater the difference the harder to turn it. It basically all comes down to putting the weight over the front tire. The greater the angle of the weight from vertical from the front tire, the harder it is to get leverage and lean.
I think I have seen a drawing that explains it better than I can but I forget where. But it all comes down to leverage.
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