As rake increases trail.
Standard road bike fork rake.
Fork rake comparison for 57cm bikes.
Bicycle forks usually have an offset or rake not to be confused with a different use of the word rake in the motorcycle world that places the fork ends forward of the steering axis this is achieved by curving the blades forward angling straight blades forward or.
Fork offset or rake is a key aspect of how to alter a bikes handling.
Head tube angles range from 71 5 degrees to 74 5 degrees.
Generally less rake will shorten the wheelbase and result in more nervous handling a characteristic often sought by race riders battling.
Trail is a key determining factor for how a bike handles.
Things move fast in the world of bicycle engineering and the fork offset conversation has grown tremendously over the past few years.
This is what really influences how a bike will react to rider input.
Well fork rake is only one ingredient in the steering equation.
The combination of head angle fork rake and trail has a significant impact on the handling of the bike.
To understand fork rake imagine a straight line continuing from the centre of the fork s steerer tube all the way to the ground.
Fork rake offset and trail.
A 2007 nevada classic 750 with a rake of 27 5 fork offset.
Fork rake and offset.
Let s talk about trail to understand the rest.
The fork offset is the perpendicular distance from the steering axis to the center of the front wheel.
It is unhelpful however to consider the angle of the headtube in isolation.
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Generally speaking with a proper fork rake to yield a trail from 55 to 60 mm of trail the head angles in this range are fairly stable at high speeds.
Cane creek offers their forks in the two standard offsets 44mm and 51mm.
Offset length width steerer tube length and steerer tube diameter.
It s the distance that the fork blades angle forwards relative to a perpendicular line drawn through the fork s steerer.
Mrp s long travel 27 5 inch forks go down to 39mm and also come in a 44mm offset.
Road racing bicycle forks have an offset of 40 50 mm 1 6 2 0 in.
Fork rake or fork offset is a key factor in the handling of a bike.
Forks have several key dimensions which include.
It is the difference between the fork rake or offset and the steering axis.
The product of the head tube angle and the fork rake is the trail.
So most shallow angle bikes have plenty of fork offset to compensate.
Where people get confused is with the inverse relationship between rake and trail.
