Thread: Tapered Forks
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Old 07-31-24 | 05:49 PM
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Originally Posted by maddog34
the typical taper on a road fork is longer, at a shallower angle... and some are REALLY short, for the extra-small frames...

MTB tapers are usually right around 63mm... road tapers vary..

mtb tapers are held to about 63mm to increase available room for Suspension Fork Travel within the geometry of the frames.
RockShox started doing this years ago.. it now carries over to all the other suspension fork makers.
So, with a rigid fork and external cables, it sounds like the taper doesn't matter, correct?
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