nexusfish
El Mariachi
Gday, after owing a 2016 Nukeproof mega 290 for a few months now, I think im finally on top of the bike and ive notices a quirk im trying to tune out. In the sort of tight corners you really want to weight the front and just rail through, i notice the front wants to "tuck" or it seems like it wants to keep turning in. I can avoid it buy riding a little more centrally and steer the back around, keeping the handle bars straighter, but this way seems to blow a bit more speed. Ive read a few articles that said they kept the trail short on some of the early 29 enduros to keep them handling twitchy in order to mask the wagonwheelyness of them.
So... which way would be the best to increase trail? Is the solution Im looking for? Ive got the suspension set up as perfectly as i think i can get it, even tried running the forks a little higher to try stop the tucking, but was just harsh.
Facts that might be helpful:
Long chain stays 450mm
Dvo sus front and back - pretty sure it has 51mm offset forks
66deg head angle.
50mm stem, 15mm spacer stack, 780/15mm bars.
110 bucks for an angleset. Have the option of 0.5/1/1.5 was thinking 1 deg...
500ish for offset change.
Which is the better way to increase trail and why? If I can piss that tucking off, it will be a perfect bike (for me)!
Cheers.
So... which way would be the best to increase trail? Is the solution Im looking for? Ive got the suspension set up as perfectly as i think i can get it, even tried running the forks a little higher to try stop the tucking, but was just harsh.
Facts that might be helpful:
Long chain stays 450mm
Dvo sus front and back - pretty sure it has 51mm offset forks
66deg head angle.
50mm stem, 15mm spacer stack, 780/15mm bars.
110 bucks for an angleset. Have the option of 0.5/1/1.5 was thinking 1 deg...
500ish for offset change.
Which is the better way to increase trail and why? If I can piss that tucking off, it will be a perfect bike (for me)!
Cheers.