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p3racer said:
I think the rake of the triple clamps are having to do with it to. Once you get some zokes I am sure it will be right on the money.


The rake of the triple clamps? Are you telling me that his fork legs do not run parallel with the stem? Last i checked, the head tube caused rake, not the triple clamps.
 
ryan2282 said:
Think it'd be any better with 65 forks? not sure when ill have money for zokes is the problem.


Be a bawl playa and get some 65 forks. Youll have half as much into them as you would zokes....and youll have real hydraulic brakes that wont need some bitch ass upgrade that will cost you more. I know your pockets aint full of that guap, so get the 65s.
 
p3racer said:
ya but wtf would I know


Obviously, you do not know much about simple geometry and mathematics. I suggest you stick to building pretty little bikes that you never ride.



Ill make it simple for you.



If you have a bottom triple clamp, that is complete, minus the holes for the fork tubes and the stem and you lay it down flat its surface would be 180*. Now, when you machine the holes for the fork tubes and the stem, they are machined at 90* angles. This means that they are STRAIGHT UP AND DOWN. Now you press the stem in. If you machined the hole correctly, which i assume you would, the stem would be at 90*....which is STRAIGHT UP AND DOWN. Now, when you slide your fork legs into the clamp, they will also be at 90* BECAUSE THE HOLES ARE MACHINED AT 90*. What does this mean? THAT YOUR FORK LEGS RUN PARALLEL WITH THE STEM THAT IS PRESSED INTO THE CLAMPS! Now, unless your stem is bent, or your fork legs are bent, your fork legs will always be parallel to your stem. Since the STEM is what gets mounted into the head tube, which is at a set angle....it determines the rake.



So, which is it? His stem is bent? His fork legs are bent? Or do you want me to believe that his stem is pressed into his clamp at an angle other then 90*?
 
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