Originally Posted by
Trakhak
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.
the FACT that someone like John Misuses Common Terms created and used in other places , i find annoying... and his previous status doesn't affect that one bit.
i get tired of people sucking up to other people just because of their "Status".
the term "Rake" is being misused. Period.
wow.
i love my '82 trek, and will never sell it... but that doesn't excuse their former employee for warping standard terms to fit the status quo of a bunch of other definition ignoring word benders.
if John has a "point" then He should state it... The term Is Misused by bicycle people.
now go air up your "700c" tires.
as a Reminder... this thread is about Spoke Protectors, aka: Dork discs.
i put them on CX bikes, and there is nothing "dorky" about preventing a DNF.
