Evolution Of Road Bike Geometry

The evolution of the endurance road bike.

Evolution of road bike geometry. Road bike steering is tuned to be fast with its low trail geometry. Many of us rode fixed on the road in the 1970s. This is evident through the slacker head angles and higher trail than both road and cyclocross bikes. We could write a doctoral thesis or two on the evolution of mountain bike geometry.

The evolution of mountain bike geometry by jeff published april 22 2019 mountain bikes have changed drastically in the last 10 years. The pilot was our first round of bike geometry focused on riders. While much of the most radical change has been in the mountain bike world the road and touring scenes have also experienced some significant shifts. Fixie doesn t equal track geometry.

I think it s generally nuts to ride a full blown track sprint bike on the road but it s sort of nuts to ride one on a track anyway. And i generally see the same setup on a fixie as a normal road bike. Road bikes 50 60mm trail cx 55 65mm trail. Right till the late 80 s where no real changes had been made to bikes they were still at the same design as the 60 s with very minor tweaks.

Road bikes in the 1900 s. A touring bike s geometry is optimised so that it s stable carrying front and rear loads. Jumping right into the 1900 s the first road race bikes were designed. It seems there s basically no aspect of the contemporary bike that hasn t undergone a radical design revolution.

And hours talking about how they ve changed in the last decade and adapted to different needs trends best done over a cold beer and in good company. The last 10 years have seen extensive evolution in the realm of bicycle geometry.