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Originally Posted by Scott Douglas View Post
Looking at the geometry of the front of that bike, I'd think the inverted fork would act more like a caster wheel does. At high speed it'd just wiggle waggle back and forth without really having any effect on the steering of the bike. I could be wrong, but that's how I see it working. Smaller wheel is required because the axle has moved backwards closer to the frame. A big one probably wouldn't fit.
Shorter wheelbase on higher speed should make it less stable? Maybe the bike has stretched geometry to compensate for that?
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