Russ, you are not going to believe this but one of the technical papers I
surfed onto had an active rear steer for a bike!
mayf
----- Original Message -----
From: "Russel Mack" <rtmack@concentric.net>
To: "DrMayf" <drmayf@teknett.com>; <Nt788@aol.com>; <john@engr.wisc.edu>;
<land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, September 29, 2003 9:06 PM
Subject: RE: rear steer
> Mayf:
> I'm thinking along similar lines, for bikes.
>
> Whether lsr bike-- or car-- "rake" doesn't seem to matter a whole lot.
But
> lots of "trail" should help stability, in any case. Typically, trail is
> increased by increasing rake-- which eventually unloads the front contact
> patch too much. A trailing linkage avoids this problem. As you say--
like
> a shopping cart wheel.
>
> (BTW, I'm not talking about rws here, so don't anybody start thinking I
want
> to build a rws bike. Furthest thing from my mind. I won't even drive a
> forklift very fast.)
> Russ, #1226B
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-land-speed@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-land-speed@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of DrMayf
> Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 9:17 AM
> To: Nt788@aol.com; john@engr.wisc.edu; land-speed@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: rear steer
>
>
> Jack, exactly. But rake and trail are the same as large amounts of caster.
> Think of the bike's steering head as the kingpin . It intersects the
surface
> way ahead of the contact patch on the tire. I was thinking more the
shopping
> cart front wheels with a vertical shatf but the contact patch trailing.
>
> mayf
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