Road Cycling - Newbie Fork Question..the saga continues

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tmartini
04-19-02, 02:02 PM
Well awesome....that answers that question. Thank you velocipedio, whoever you are ;-)!! Now..round 2! When the description includes length such as "123mm and 225mm with 40mm rake" what does the length refer to? Sorry for these newbie questions, but I'm trying to get this whole thing right before I go buy another fork.

D*Alex
04-19-02, 03:29 PM
Well, one of those numbers is the steerer length.
The rake refers to how much offset from the stter axis the axle will sit at. If you don't know nuthin about rake, please search the archives for my post that explains it all. Don't just guess, or you are likely to find out that the fork you got is wrong for your bike some day when you are going 40 mph!