Originally Posted by
Kontact
Generally speaking, decreasing the trail by increasing the rake makes front loads handle better. It would be easy enough to get a longer rake fork and try it, if you don't mind the expense.
That is good information. I would like to make room for a low rider rack (I have already), but getting a little more bias towards up front would be a bonus. Looks like they have three options for rake.
I cannot seem to find the current rake data for my Rove, but will keep searching. The frame and forks are about 15 years old, so hard to pick up from current sources.
UPDATE: 45mm is the fork rake. So, if I went with a 48mm (from the company str pointed out below) I'd be moving in a direction more suited for what I'm talking about. Agreed?