Anyone know a reliable, reasonably accurate way to measure fork rake? Or am I on the right track eyeballing and dicking about with bits of string?
spud
September 28, 2006, 2:50am
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Put a decent sized, square (as in parallel) spacer on the back of the steerer tube. Place a long straightedge against this spacer. Measure the perpendicular distance from the straightedge to the dropout.
Rake = (distance from straightedge to dropout) - (spacer thickness - (0.5 x steerer tube outer dimension))
Or thats how id do it.
Put a decent sized, square (as in parallel) spacer on the back of the steerer tube. Place a long straightedge against this spacer. Measure the perpendicular distance from the straightedge to the dropout.
Rake = (distance from straightedge to dropout) - (spacer thickness - (0.5 x steerer tube outer dimension))
Or thats how id do it.
Thanks spuddy - sounds good.
system
September 28, 2006, 2:35pm
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Put a decent sized, square (as in parallel) spacer on the back of the steerer tube. Place a long straightedge against this spacer. Measure the perpendicular distance from the straightedge to the dropout.
Rake = (distance from straightedge to dropout) - (spacer thickness - (0.5 x steerer tube outer dimension))
Or thats how id do it.
Spuddy the Posty Boy turns into Rainman!!!
spud
September 29, 2006, 5:19am
5
For a start its postie . And rainwhat?