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Godzilla
I'm looking for some suggestions on how to make my bike more stable - my friend's uncle's brother says that my headangle is way too steep and that I need to get a bigger fork, but I don't have the cash to do so. Any ideas?

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yah,, def need to go slacker......
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badfish
Maybe....

...try running a 24" rear wheel? dropnzone.com builds 24" wheels pretty cheap and do a really good job of it. A 24 would slack the head angle significantly, and you could always run a huge tire in the rear if the bike is too slack to even it back out a bit.
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Are you guys serious? His head angle looks super slack already. How is it squirrely? Does it feel fidgety at high speeds? Squirrely when you land off of drops/jumps? What do you mean?

If your rebound is too fast and you're hitting drops it can feel really funky, or if your fork and shock don't rebound at the same rate.
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Godzilla
coma13 said:
Are you guys serious? His head angle looks super slack already. How is it squirrely? Does it feel fidgety at high speeds? Squirrely when you land off of drops/jumps? What do you mean?

If your rebound is too fast and you're hitting drops it can feel really funky, or if your fork and shock don't rebound at the same rate.
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Way squirrely - it's almost like I'm riding a Penny Farthing at high speeds.
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Godzilla said:
Way squirrely - it's almost like I'm riding a Penny Farthing at high speeds.
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Well then I'm stumped, to me your head angle looks really slack as is but I'm not really sure what other factors add to squirreliness at high speeds.
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Godzilla
I was just being a [email protected] I threw the 66rc on there last night (just picked up the bike recently from an acquaintence) and with the headset adapter / AC of the 66 the thing is crazy choppered out - all I need now is some Ape hangers.

I've got a 0 stack headset on the way.
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coma13 said:
Are you guys serious?
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guess i shoulda made the sarcasm a bit more clear :rolleyes: :D
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coma13
Damn, my e-sarcasm meter is malfunctioning BAD. I apologize for being the dumbass who takes everything in a joking thread seriously.

I'm going to go hang my head in shame now.
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badfish
yeah...i'm way serious. a 24 in the rear would make that thing "low rider pimp".
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Godzilla
badfish said:
yeah...i'm way serious. a 24 in the rear would make that thing "low rider pimp".
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It'd be a wall descending monster :)
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flatulentfox
hehehehe, nice "can o' ale"
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fiddy_ryder said:
yah,, def need to go slacker......
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run a 24" on teh back, and get a super monster if you have money. oh, put a shorter i2i shock so it drops the BB and is will slacken the HA...
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When you said squirrely, I thought you were talking about something like this.....

edit: I just noticed the Can 'O Ale on your downtube. Nice!
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SHIVER ME TIMBERS
Godzilla said:
Way squirrely - it's almost like I'm riding a Penny Farthing at high speeds.
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squirrely...what the hell is Penny Farthing??? exactly when is is squirrely...like the poster above said
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flatulentfox said:
hehehehe, nice "can o' ale"
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Behold the awesome power of electrical tape. :)

SHIVER ME TIMBERS said:
squirrely...what the hell is Penny Farthing??? exactly when is is squirrely...like the poster above said
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...and the "Penny Farthing DH sled"

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Godzilla said:
I'm looking for some suggestions on how to make my bike more stable - my friend's uncle's brother says that my headangle is way too steep and that I need to get a bigger fork, but I don't have the cash to do so. Any ideas?
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You could put these on:


:D
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shiggy said:
You could put these on:


:D
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yep......training wheels
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Godzilla
shiggy said:
You could put these on:


:D
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Ahhh... But do they make a 16" Nevegal?
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TNC
Penny Farthing...You know, SMT!

SHIVER ME TIMBERS said:
squirrely...what the hell is Penny Farthing??? exactly when is is squirrely...like the poster above said
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Dude, that was your first bike...don't try to deny how old you are. I don't know about them being unstable though. That front wheel should roll over anything...the original 29'er...LOL! :D
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