I posted this over on iBOB, but certainly would appreciate feedback from those who have tried out low trail forks on their Riv.
I'm considering as a winter project, rebuilding my Riv Redwood as a low-trail 700c bike. I'm not going to mess with the original fork, so my options would be finding a high rake donor fork, going custom, or re-raking one of these unpainted Riv forks: http://www.rivbike.com/product-p/f5.htm. I'm going with the Riv fork as the fork crown would be the same as the original and it would have the upper/mid brazeons and double fork eyelets. I should've bought one of these when they were 25% off before the New Year, but oh well. I've talked with a local framebuilder and he's able to re-rake it for a fairly minimal cost. Re-raking would effectively shorten the fork length, which actually would be perfect as the clearance on the new Riv fork would be greater than the original fork. I could even rattle-can it with this: http://www.homedepot.com/p/Testors-3-oz-Lime-Ice-Lacquer-Spray-Paint-3-Pack-1835MT/204481439 I need to look into the overall durability of that paint, but if it'd work, it's a pretty darn close color match to the original paint: http://i821.photobucket.com/albums/zz136/dabanzer/Rivendell%20Redwood/B61B6C6D-7A97-413F-AF27-B9238D63044B_zpspuzmrkru.jpg My main question is this: What rake would be appropriate for this 700c bike running Compass Barlow Pass (38mm) tires? Headtube is 73 degrees. I'm leaning towards 65mm rake, which would give a trail measurement of 40mm. Any thoughts - including don't do it - are appreciated. David Chicago -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
