Originally Posted by
maddog34
wow... i would think, of all the people here, YOU would actually Know what "Fork Rake" Really Means... wow.
the "curve" is a way to alter the OFFSET, and the TRAIL spec., as is the angle imparted at the crown, with "straight blade" forks.
and bike folks tend to mix up OFFSET with RAKE., for who knows what silly reason....
smh.
be a trend setter.. call head tube angle "Rake" and "OFFSET" OFFSET.
You misread JohnDThompson's post. He probably won't bother to answer, but:
"Raking" is the term used by framebuilders to refer to the shop operation whereby straight fork blades become curved.
John D.'s point: it's cheaper for manufacturers to achieve the desired offset with straight blades, omitting the raking step.
Pro tip: attempting to condescend to a poster who worked in the Waterloo Trek factory in the '80's and is intimately familiar with particulars of frame design is not a good look. Random caps notwithstanding.