Those sound like good adjustments to make to the design. It's great that they're taking the time to explain all of it to you.
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01-17-2011, 08:23 AM #1
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01-17-2011, 09:19 AM #2
What's over that hill?
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Basically I wanted the sales pitch - how is this better than the stock size & I want to make certain that she is almost as stable as my LHT. I learned quite a lot and she listened to me as well.
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01-21-2011, 01:11 AM #3
What's over that hill?
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I got the sales pitch, and the design was tweaked as a result of my question. The trail was increased to 49.8 (rake was decreased to 48 from 50, head tube angle was changed from 71.5 to 71. The original trail was 44.5 according to my fitter.
I contacted Surly to find out the trail on my LHT, and THAT is quite close to 75 --- super stable to allow for heavy loads - it really is overkill unless it has a heavy load. I think this was a good change, considering what I am accustomed to, I think that the original trail would have felt twitchy.
A couple of final questions for my fitter today before I sign off on the design, and time to put some money down
It looks like it will be possible for me to have my beautiful new bike sometime in March, barring unforeseen circumstances 
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