After listening, or reading rather, to Dapper Dan and Slowman's conversation on another thread about sizeable stem drops and the effect or null effect this has on a bicycle's handling, I got to a thinkin' (warning: this could mean trouble ;) ). So here's what I came up with:

• If you take a bicycle with a 73 degree head tube angle and a 0 degree rise stem and turn the handlebars 90 degrees so that the front wheel is perpendicular to the frame------ the handlebars (following the axis of the head tube when turning) will drop 17 degrees.

and

• If you take a bicycle with a 70 degree head tube angle and a 0 degree rise stem and turn the handlebars 90 degrees so that the front wheel is perpendicular to the frame------ the handlebars (following the axis of the head tube when turning) will drop 20 degrees.

Considering that the front end of a bike (a tri bike in particular) weighs alot, could this natural pull (gravity) have a significant influence on why a bike with a shallow head tube angle resists quick turning?- (all turns consist of an initial move in the opposite direction and a counter turn once the weight of the rider is going the right direction)

Discuss if you're interested, don't care, or if you have already thought of this.
Thanks,

Jeff

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