First off, thanks for taking time to consider my thoughts.
I follow you in what you say first, but here I'm not sure anymore:
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As a result if you want to understand torque you need to draw a line from the axle to the headset bearings. This is then the axis around which torque will occur.
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Well, I think this indeed touches the clue. I supposed the headset can only take moment about the steering axis because the fork rests in the headset bearings. (This of course aside from the weight bearing moment in the yz-plane, or saggital plane if you will.)
This steering axis is not equal to the line from the axle to the bearings, hence my problem in understanding how force/moment is exerted.
Trough the construction of the fork, I don't think it is possible to think of moment solely about the axis from the wheel axle to the lowest headset bearing.
I follow you in what you say first, but here I'm not sure anymore:
scott8888 wrote:
(...)
As a result if you want to understand torque you need to draw a line from the axle to the headset bearings. This is then the axis around which torque will occur.
(...)
Well, I think this indeed touches the clue. I supposed the headset can only take moment about the steering axis because the fork rests in the headset bearings. (This of course aside from the weight bearing moment in the yz-plane, or saggital plane if you will.)
This steering axis is not equal to the line from the axle to the bearings, hence my problem in understanding how force/moment is exerted.
Trough the construction of the fork, I don't think it is possible to think of moment solely about the axis from the wheel axle to the lowest headset bearing.
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InspectahChilla: Apr 28, 18 10:50