Actual wheel diameter of the 27.5x4.5 Cake Eaters is very similar in a side by side with a set of 29x2.6 Butchers mounted on 30m wide rims. To further add to the weirdness, there's a Rocky Blizzard downstairs with the exact same wheels as the Fezzari, a degree slacker head angle, and about 20mm more wheelbase. I do not know the fork rake on that bike, so bear that in mind. It feels much more neutral than the Fezzari. I would have thought that being even slacker, it would have felt even more self steer/straightline prone, but it feels lighter in the steering.
Again, I am not clocking this as a negative in any way; it's just a much, much different feel through the bars to the contact patch than I am used to.
Feb. 2, 2023, 8:13 a.m. - Mike Ferrentino
Actual wheel diameter of the 27.5x4.5 Cake Eaters is very similar in a side by side with a set of 29x2.6 Butchers mounted on 30m wide rims. To further add to the weirdness, there's a Rocky Blizzard downstairs with the exact same wheels as the Fezzari, a degree slacker head angle, and about 20mm more wheelbase. I do not know the fork rake on that bike, so bear that in mind. It feels much more neutral than the Fezzari. I would have thought that being even slacker, it would have felt even more self steer/straightline prone, but it feels lighter in the steering. Again, I am not clocking this as a negative in any way; it's just a much, much different feel through the bars to the contact patch than I am used to.