Originally Posted by
stedalus
This is pretty much wrong across the board. Straight blade forks can and do have just as much rake as curved blade forks. Even if they had less rake, this would increase the stability of the bike, possibly to the point of making it difficult to initiate turns. The difference in shock absorption or road feel between curved and straight blades is slight at best.
I did put the rake thing down wrong, you're correct.
From personal experience I know (or maybe I should say: I have experienced...) more vibration dampening when riding with a curved fork than when riding with a straight fork. Maybe the fact that my straight fork is an aero fork makes it dampen even less, I don't know. It's just something I've noticed.
Concerning the stability, I've noticed my straight fork (which has just a bit less rake than the curved) results in a bit more of a twitch front end, looking forward to each turn whatsoever to take.
As said, I'm speaking from experience when it comes to this, so facts may of course prove me wrong.