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The castor effect is what makes a bicycle self-steer. Bicycles with small fork rake are very twitchy-bikes with big fork rake are unresponsive.
by james1071 16y ago
The castor effect is what makes a bicycle self-steer. Bicycles with small fork rake are very twitchy-bikes with big fork rake are unresponsive.
- gokhan 16y agoYep. Sports motorcycles have small rake (should be responsive on the race track) while choppers have big rake (long, straight journeys on Route 66). I prefer a KTM 990 Adventure, just in the middle, though :)