2008 Raleigh XXIX rigid fork length & rake?

[Fred Smedley]

I bought a yellow 2008 XXIX+G frame off Ebay that I am waiting for so I have been researching old threads and am getting a lot of conflicting information. It has been said that Raleigh has kept the frame angles the same but just changed forks through the years. I also own a 2011 XXIX fork but it is 490MM long . Given that the Raleigh catalogs have consistency shown 71* head angles regardless of the fork seems to indicate either they misstated the geometry or they changed the frames? Anybody have a 2008 rigid fork which looks to be around 460mm looking at the catalog photo and the distance between tire and crown and actually measured the HA. Raleigh also lists the rake consistently at 40mm yet mine measure's around 44mm by my crude flop method of measuring against a BB point and flipping fork and dividing by 2. Any input here would be appreciated- FRED .

[Fred Smedley]

Digging thru more old threads Guitar Ted seems to think this is a good match.
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[ssdoc]

I have an older XXIX(?year)with the original boat-anchor steel fork which I use as a commuter. the fork AC length is about 430mm and a rough estimate of the rake is 35mm.

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