Why does CAAD10 have 45mm and 50mm fork rake
01-28-14, 06:46 AM
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Why does CAAD10 have 45mm and 50mm fork rake
Have you notice that the smaller CAAD10 uses a 50mm rake fork and the sizes from 56cm up use a 45mm rake fork.
Yet the 52,54 and 56cm share the same frame angles.
Wonder why this us so? Any thoughts?
Yet the 52,54 and 56cm share the same frame angles.
Wonder why this us so? Any thoughts?
01-28-14, 07:12 AM
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To eliminate front wheel - pedal overlap on the smaller top tube sizes? Usually that only is a correction taken with extremely small sizes like 44, 47 mm. I'd be surprised they would have that kind of difference in trail between common sizes (same heat tube angle, 5 mm different rake).
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Looking at the geometry charts, the trail on the 54,56, and 60 is the same (with it being 3mm shorter on the 58). If they used a 50mm rake fork on the larger bikes it would decrease the trail more than the designer wants.
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