Talk:Trail (bicycles)

Would be nice if someone could knock up some diagrams visually explaining the difference between rake and trail on a bike. Picture paints a thousand... type of thing.
 * Done. Fbagatelleblack 21:01, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

Rake Angle vs. Head Angle
I would like to replace the rake angle reference with a description of the effects head angle, fork offset and wheel size have on trail. We could leave a reference to rake angle in the article, but "head angle" and the other terms are more common in bicycle parlance. Are there any objections? Fbagatelleblack 21:35, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

Separate articles
I've tried to cross link these articles,


 * Trail (bicycles)
 * Mechanical trail
 * Rake and trail
 * Rake (angle)

but perhaps they don't need separate articles at all. They could instead be consolidated into a single comprehensive article. These topics are also covered in the Bicycle and motorcycle dynamics article because many of them did not exist as separate articles when that was written. Whatever happens, Bicycle fork and Motorcycle fork should be updated to reflect the results. -AndrewDressel 01:48, 10 December 2006 (UTC)