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Old 11-11-08, 11:10 AM
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Originally Posted by Wanderer
Are you now talking about "trail" >
No. Trail is a combination of head tube angle and fork offset. Fork offset is how far from the imaginary line of the head tube the axle is. Trail is how far the imaginary line is from a straight down line from the axle.

Nobody really discusses fork rake angle. When people say "fork rake" they mean fork offset, which is a distance, in mm.
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