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So i've being researching fork rake and trail for a hour or so trying to get my head around it, without success.
Am i right in thinking that less rake makes less trail which makes the bike less stable and more twitchy. I.e perfect for a track bike and that more rake means more trail which makes it more stable. i.e Road Bikes.
I've just bought a Leader 735 Frame and was looking for a fork for it.
I already own a pair of Dedacciai Full carbon Davs Fork which i used to have on a road bike. These have 44mm rake.
I was reading on velospace that that amount of rake would kill the way this bike frame is meant to handle and make the build look really slack. So then i was looking into the Leader I-806A V2 fork which has 35mm Rake.
I entered all of these details into the bicycle trail calculator but the results confuse me http://yojimg.net/bike/web_tools/trailcalc.php
With the Davs fork the trail comes out at 51mm
With the Leader fork the trail comes out at 61mm
Now that doesn't make sense to me and if someone could explain it would really help. Also with 9mm rake make that drastic of a handling change.
Thanks