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Old 04-06-2006, 06:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Just Riding Along
Now I don't really buy into that leverage of the turning the bars, take a look at the modded Beemer in the Tony Foale link I posted. Also take a look at the hub center bikes, no pivot at the headstock there.
It's still there ... even if just a theoretical point. That fact is thanks to rake, the chassis of the bike has to move, or the front wheel skid.

BTW: I'm no great push bike rider ... never even been in a velodrome .
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