Brian,
do you have an opinion about the use of round blades
with long tangs for a road bike? for a light rider,
might that possibly mitigate the "issues?" or would
that not be enough support?
devon warner
san francisco, CA
--- "brianbaylis@juno.com" <brianbaylis@juno.com>
wrote:
> Emanuel,
>
> The short answer is that round fork blades resist
> the inertia from
>
> riding on the track much better than an oval blade
> can or will. The
>
> round blades are for rigidity. Oval fork blades
> absorb road vibration
>
> and resist the forces from braking better than round
> blades. If one
>
> wants to use round fork blades on a road bike you
> MUST use heavy round
>
> fork blades or there will probably be some "issues".
> You will also get
>
> a rather stiff fork if you go with round blades,
> which generally isn't
>
> what most people need for a road fork. The exception
> is for sprinters
>
> who ride criteriums. It isn't uncommon to find an
> Italian bike made
>
> from really light tubing in the frame and the heavy
> round track fork
>
> blades, back in the 60's and maybe into the early
> 70's. I've seen a
>
> few.
>
> Brian Baylis
> La Mesa, CA
>
> -- Emanuel Lowi <lowiemanuel@yahoo.ca> wrote:
> Why do track bikes traditionally have round section
> fork
> blades while road forks are oval?
>
> Is there any reason NOT to use round blades on a
> road bike?
>
> Emanuel Lowi
> Montreal, Quebec
>
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