This is the measured drawing that Steve Hampsten created and Kent Ericksen used to fabricate my frame. It features the custom touring fork that Steve made for me.
The fork has specific geometry to carry weight on the front end of the bike. In particular, it has more offset, and less trail. This lengthens the wheelbase, and reduces the amount of front"wheel flop". An added bonus is that it gives me more toe clearance so that "toe overlap" is less of an issue.
Furthermore, all these changes provide what the popular bike magazines and marketing types seem to think is the holy grail of bike design..."...increased lateral stiffness, with noticeably more vertical compliance". Whatever the hell that means. One other thing-while my bike is similar to Alan's bike, it is vastly superior to Alan's bike.
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