Originally Posted by
JohnDThompson
Straight-blade forks don't require raking (the operation that puts the curve in the blade). Sloping top tubes allow fewer discrete frame sizes to accommodate a wide range of body heights. Not much savings individually, but if you're manufacturing thousands of frames, it adds up.
But since the vast majority of road forks are made of carbon fiber now, and a carbon fiber fork blade just comes out of a mold, it doesn't much matter where, how, or if it's curved, right? There, I had to jump in.
Now get me outta here before this thing takes another digression.