Re: [CR]Education on Fork bends

(Example: Framebuilding:Technology)

From: "Rick Chasteen" <rchasteen@kc.rr.com>
To: <LouDeeter@aol.com>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
References: <16d.3dd2bfe.2923da4d@aol.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Education on Fork bends
Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 08:46:40 -0600


----- Original Message ----- From: <LouDeeter@aol.com> To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 8:31 AM Subject: [CR]Education on Fork bends


> the builder put the rake in low down the blades.

Lou, et al:

I'm curious about this, also.

This type of geometry was au courant and de rigeur on older bikes although I'm not eggsactly sure why. It is certainly obvious on my PX-10. Also, he/Grant at Rivendell champions this technique.

Rick Chasteen, slaving through the current refinance boom in Kansas City