....or consider buying a canti-Hillborne fork. Takes 700c, takes your cantis, and has a tiny bit more rake (52mm vs 45mm if the geo-charts are correct)
On Apr 14, 11:34 am, newenglandbike <[email protected]> wrote: > Sorry about your mishap---but glad you weren't hurt! It will be no > prob to fix and add rake, so you might as well have it done if that's > what you want. But, I would just keep in mind that adding rake to an > existing fork is going to also reduce the axle-to-crown distance a > bit, which will ever-so-slightlly steepen the ST/HT angles, and will > reduce fender-to-tire clearance a little. > > Here is an article about a guy who had some rake added to his atlantis > fork: > > http://readytoride.biz/?p=241 > > Anyway hope you get the QB back on the road soon. > > -Matt > > On Apr 14, 1:48 pm, Ron MH <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Yesterday I had a mishap on my Quickbeam (involving a wicked hailstorm > > and the back of a parked pickup truck)causing the front fork to be > > displaced exactly backwards toward the frame. Fortunately, nothing > > else (including yours truly) seems to be damaged. It looks like the > > steerer tube is bent (or the fork crown - or both) but not the fork > > blades. It's a small, but noticiable deviation. In fact, the bike is > > still quite rideable, though goofy looking. I'm going to have a local > > builder fix the fork - that's a given. Before this happened, I'd been > > considering adding a porteur-style rack to the 'beam. And now that the > > fork is already going to need work done on it, I'm wondering if it > > would be a good idea to have the frame builder add a touch (maybe > > 10mm?) more rake to the Quickbeam's fork. > > > What are your thoughts? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
