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Old 01-24-09 | 02:00 PM
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HillRider
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Bikes: '96 Litespeed Catalyst, '05 Litespeed Firenze, '06 Litespeed Tuscany, '20 Surly Midnight Special, All are 3x10. It is hilly around here!

Assuming its a road frame with "conventional" geometry, i.e a head tube angle around 73° and 700c wheels, a fork rake of 40 to 45 mm is almost universal and 43 mm is the most comon configuration.

The fork you show has straight legs so the rake was established by the angle the legs were set into the crown rather than by curving the legs but the result is identical.
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