Steve Yes you can run a caliper brake in that crown. 47.5mm of rake is a tiny bit more than 'normal'. I think 45mm is the most common rake you'd see on road bikes.
Measuring rake is pretty easy if you have the fork off and lay it flat on the table. Measure how high the centerline of the steerer is off the table (something like 13mm). Measure how high the centerline of the front hub axle would be off the table (something like 60mm). Rake is the difference between those two measurements (something like 60mm - 13mm = 47mm). I just measured my 58cm Atlantis and it looks like the stock fork has a 208mm long steerer, so I could run the shortest one with fewer spacers or the medium one with a cm or so cut off (or more spacers!) On Friday, March 6, 2015 at 2:35:35 PM UTC-8, islaysteve wrote: > > Wow. I know I should be asking Riv, and I will if necessary, but... I'd > love to get one for my daughters bike (my old steel road bike). You say, > Canti only but I see a hole in the crown. Possible to use a caliper brake? > Also, the rake listed doesn't sound quite like what is on the bike, but I > may wrong. Anyone know if this is "standard" for a road bike, or is there a > simple way to measure fork rake? Please pardon my ignorance in these > matters. Thanks. > Steve -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
