The carbon fibre is nice, but I think the more notable thing about it is the geometry (lower and longer than the cruzbike concept).
Here is another one in steel frame
http://pitchounenbent.blogspot.com/2009_12_01_archive.html
i guess no one has really tried this. i might have to be the first then :)
lowering the rear axle height by 3 inches, i roughly calculated, would result in about 1.5 inches lowering of the seat height from the base 559 setup. and would add 4 degrees more recline to the seatback angle. in...
Has anyone tried putting a 451 rear wheel on a 559 Quest?
I'm thinking this would have the following advantages:
- lower the seat height while still keeping the bigger driving wheel
- increase the trail for more stable/less twitchy handling
- compared to same-size wheel setups, this would...