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The bottom end of bicycle forks used to have a slight bend in them, why? |
The bottom end of bicycle forks used to have a slight bend in them, why? I think most people have covered the rake by now, The offset adds a little flex to the fork to enable those fast rides over British bumpy roads, a little more comfortable than straight forks.(from a roadie point of view) I think you just about have it mate! . i dont know To secure the wheel. On the front forks, it improved the castor so that the wheel had a tendency to straighten up. That makes it easier to ride with no hands. The nanny brigade has decided to change things using the following logic: 1) Not holding the handlebars is dangerous 2) Making bikes more dangerous means you have to hold the handlebars. 3) Making bikes more dangerous makes them safer. Much the same daft thinking as road humps. On the earlier bicycles with straight forks the wheel constantly fouled on the frame, which resulted in the rider being pitched over the handlebars, Sir Walter Raleigh designed the first one with bent forks and thus saved the future of the bicycle. Fred Dibnah Chronicles. it is to set the rake. if you draw a line straight down form the centre of the hub to the ground the contact patch of the front tire will be forward of that line this angle is referred to as the rake. now days it is usually set in the angle of the steering tube on the frame. |
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