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mikeyr89
02-14-2005, 05:23 AM
What is the advantages/disadvantages to having: Longer Chain stays, A longer wheelbase, and a higher bottom bracket? Thanks,
-Mikey
Ed Gildea
02-14-2005, 10:15 AM
bike feels/riders better. longer stays=bigger gaps. shorter stays=easyer sidehops and rear wheel moves. longer wb=better for slaps hooks wedges ect. shorter wb=bunnyhop tech riding is easyer. higher bb=easyer for uci style riding and hooks slaps ect. not to meny advantages for a low bb.
jamesb
02-14-2005, 03:06 PM
Short chainstays is what most people want.
afrobot
02-14-2005, 04:50 PM
c'mon y'all , get on the short bus.
AndyT
02-14-2005, 05:14 PM
low bb gives you alot better balance, especially in wedges.
tybikes
02-14-2005, 05:50 PM
Nobody really uses a low bb anymore. I think most all of the frames that are out today have a 0 rise BB. Better for all around riding, but the trend in trials now is towards rising BBs. My Tibo is a +20 and it has me all out of whack.

Ed pretty much covered it though.
jmkimmel
02-14-2005, 05:56 PM
low bb gives you alot better balance, especially in wedges.
Pretty much any situation where you're using both wheels, a low BB gives you a more stable platform.
chronic
02-14-2005, 08:55 PM
I had a -20mm bb and now I ride a +10 and it has helped my balance on both wheels almost as much as on the rear.
jmkimmel
02-14-2005, 10:12 PM
I had a -20mm bb and now I ride a +10 and it has helped my balance on both wheels almost as much as on the rear.

I bet that was the only thing that was different between the two bikes, right? :ugh:
chronic
02-15-2005, 08:05 AM
Yes, that is the only aspect I decided to change......

No, The entire frame is different, street to trials. Same parts, I'm just contributing to the bottom bracket conversation. I guess I could have said the plus 30mm bb from my old bike helped, the 420mm chainstays to 385 helped, and the 1055-1090 wheel base probably had alot to do with it as well.
But we were talking about bb....shibby.
such
02-16-2005, 11:09 AM
about two wheel balance:
I noticed that a stepper headtube (71°, 72°) radically improves -trackstand ie. I also switched from street bike to trials one and noticed that I could trackstand a lot more.
and yes - my previous bike had a 68°,69° headtube. that is better for high speed stability.
lower bb contributes to stability while riding too