Jim, thanks for validating my current feeling on the issue. I'm coming to the conclusion that it wouldn't make sense to add just "a touch" of rake to the Quickbeam's fork. The 'beam is a supreme handler as it was designed. Who am I to mess around with that?
On Apr 16, 9:08 am, CycloFiend <cyclofi...@earthlink.net> wrote: > on 4/14/11 11:34 AM, newenglandbike at matthiasbe...@gmail.com wrote: > > > Sorry about your mishap---but glad you weren't hurt! It will be no > > prob to fix and add rake, so you might as well have it done if that's > > what you want. But, I would just keep in mind that adding rake to an > > existing fork is going to also reduce the axle-to-crown distance a > > bit, which will ever-so-slightlly steepen the ST/HT angles, and will > > reduce fender-to-tire clearance a little. > > > Here is an article about a guy who had some rake added to his atlantis > > fork: > > >http://readytoride.biz/?p=241 > > Just to be clear - he ended up having a custom fork made, which allowed him > to bypass the crown clearance issues and others, after finding that a > reraking of ~10mm didn't quite solve his perceived issues. > > - J > > -- > Jim Edgar > cyclofi...@earthlink.net > > Cyclofiend Bicycle Photo Galleries -http://www.cyclofiend.com > Current Classics - Cross Bikes > Singlespeed - Working Bikes > > Gallery updates now appear here -http://cyclofiend.blogspot.com > > "I had to ride slow because I was taking my guerrilla route, the one I > follow when I assume that everyone in a car is out to get me." > -- Neal Stephenson, "Zodiac" -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
