Old 02-04-18 | 02:28 PM
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Originally Posted by eom
I will admit that I am ignorant, so educate me. What is trail? What part of the front end trails and what leads?

If I I look at two bikes, one with a fork that is almost straight and a second with the old school curve, which one is low trail?

A straight fork to my mind will be twitchy, and a long curved one "slower" steering.
Google has many fine illustrations of trail.

Fork curve is not rake. You can have a curved fork with no rake and a straight blade for with lots of rake. Rake or offset is the amount of change from the steering centerline. Again, google.


Forks don't, on their own, do anything for handling.

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