I saw a photo of a Toei bike that had the fork crown set back from the
steerer a couple cm so they could use a longer curve on the lower part
of the fork blades for comfort without making the trail too low. Clever!
On Feb 28, 2010, at 12:43, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery <thill....@gmail.com
> wrote:
I don't believe that it's necessarily true that a curved fork will
have a softer ride than an equally raked straight fork with the same
blades. If there is some difference, I bet it's tiny. Unless you're
using a rock-hard tire, it's hard to imagine that the fork would flex
much at all.
On Feb 28, 10:03 am, newenglandbike <matthiasbe...@gmail.com> wrote:
Not commenting on the builder in question, but on straight-blade
forks
in general: it seems as though the reasoning behind blades with a
low, uniform bend has been largely forgotten(?) Straight-blades
seem to be really popular right now, but I wonder if it's only a
matter of time before the buying public realizes that they transfer
bumps directly to your wrists, and that well-curved blades are more
comfortable.
I understand why big-name, big volume manufacturers use straight-
blades, since they are cheaper to make. But on custom/handbuilt-
bicycles it doesn't seem to jibe.
On Feb 28, 9:07 am, Seth Vidal <skvi...@gmail.com> wrote:
I saw his bikes at nahbs, too. I noticed that my visceral response
to
straight-blade forks is fairly negative. The bike feels unfinished
to
me.
-sv
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