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I don’t like curved forks, on larger sizes when the legs seem to bend backwards relative to the headtube angle. I know it’s to reduce the rake, but it gives me a ‘I’ve crashed into a car’ vibe
Is this actually a thing, bending the forks backwards to reduce the rake? I always thought it was just an optical illusion.
M_V-
You’ve taken the words right out my mouth, I had also always assumed a trick of the camera or a flaw in my eye.
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Surely not. The bend is generally added to the tube when building a fork, isn't it? It would simply be a matter of employing a different bending jig to apply less bend to make a fork with less rake. Two different forks for the range of sizes was the norm, IIRC.
Fairly certain the blue bike has had a hit. If you zoom in on the head tube and fork and look across your screen, you can see that not even the rear edge of the blade is parallel, let alone the centre line.
That ain't no barrel distortion - look how close to round the wheels look; it's a proper bike pic, zoomed in from far.
CptnBigNose
Kimmo
Funny, that’s actually the only time I don’t like curved forks, on larger sizes when the legs seem to bend backwards relative to the headtube angle. I know it’s to reduce the rake, but it gives me a ‘I’ve crashed into a car’ vibe