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Old 04-28-17, 10:46 PM
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Originally Posted by AlexCyclistRoch
People are always calling the headtube angle "rake", rather than the fork offset (which is the real meaning of the term "rake").
This is motorcycle nomenclature. If someone talks about their "chopper" being "raked out", it means the head tube has been laid back and the forks extended to move the front wheel further forward.

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