Yesterday I did an interesting “test”: I put a scale under each wheel of my two training bikes and with a friend balancing me weighed how much weight was on each wheel.
On one bike the front-rear weight distribution was exactly 50-50, and on the other it was slightly rear-biased.
That got me to thinking: what is the optimal weight distribution between the front and rear wheels? Is it 50-50 … slightly rear-biased … slightly front-biased?
I’m guessing Dan knows this.
On a road bike I always thought it was around 60/40 rear/front for ideal handling. I hope this 50/50 is on a tri bike. The reason why tri bikes don’t handle as well as road bikes is because of the extra weight on the front wheel.
I think Tom D has some good insight on this on an older post.
Dan answered this question here, awile back:
http://forum.slowtwitch.com/gforum.cgi?post=152140;search_string=weight%20distribution;#152140
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Was wondering how you might remember all that - until realizing that it was your post!