Originally Posted by
TDinBristol
I have the Alpina fork. I believe it comes in two versions - one with a hole for a brake, which is a 35mm rake, and one without the hole, which is a 30mm rake. I don't think thy do a 28 rake. Mine is the 35mm, paired with 74.5 head tube, which gives it fairly neutral steering with a trail of 57mm.
huh. my memory could be pretty wrong, cause i seem to recall a 28mm rake on something.
anyway - point to the OP being to check trail calculations before buying a fork with a different amount of rake. low rake with shallow HTA is bad for track bikes. moderate and moderate should be just fine.
