Changing fork rake
I'm overhauling a bike for a friend's son. The CF fork has some bad nicks in it where the carbon weave has been compromised, and I'm recommending replacement. According to the manufacturer's specs, this bike has a fork rake of 50.
Here's the problem - all of the budget forks I've found have rakes of either 43 or 45. I've done some Googling, but am still a bit confused. Will reducing the rake from 50 to 43/45 increase stability, or make the bike livelier/twitchier? Or, is 5mm difference really not worth worrying about?
I don't want to make the bike hard to handle for the youngster.
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