[python] Re: frame geometry and pivot angle

  • From: "dirk@xxxxxxxxxx" <dirk@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: python@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 12:55:42 +0200 (CEST)

i'd say yes. the point where the axis through the hinge meets the ground
definies the lenght of negative trail (distance to front wheel ground
contact point)

- DirkS


Mike Power <mpower.lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx> hat am 28. März 2012 um 12:22
geschrieben:

> I assume based on what I have read that the pivot angle is the angle
> from the ground to the axis of the hinge.
>
> Does it matter if the pivot angle is measured from the front of the bike
> versus the back?  To put it another way does it matter if the hinge
> leans forward or backward?
>
> I see most pythons with the hinge leaning backwards and I had designs
> with the hinge leaning forward.  I am concerned that would affect the
> physics of the bike.
>
> Mike Power
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