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Old 09-22-16 | 10:34 PM
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[MENTION=373380]jade408[/MENTION], where does your toe actually contact the fender? If you're primarily hitting the fender stay, VO had a blog post a while back about using their R-clips instead of the eyebolts. It does get you an extra 5mm or so, and I have a few extras I'd send for no cost since I lost one pack, ordered another, and then found the first one.

Another option is to have a trusted framebuilder add more rake to your current fork by bending more of a curve into the blades. Done carefully, it won't ripple the metal, might not even crinkle the paint. It decreases the axle-to-crown clearance, but you appear to have plenty. You might chat with [MENTION=381793]gugie[/MENTION] about it.

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