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Coolwall June 2011 - Girvin Flexstem
Cool 63%  63%  [ 133 ]
Uncool 37%  37%  [ 78 ]
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John
PostPosted: Thu Jun 09, 2011 5:03 pm 
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Next up on the coolwall is the Girvin Flexstem. Is a stem which provides around an inch of suspension travel via an elastomer cool? As ever you decide.

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I thought they were cool bitd.
But they weren't. They were just shit.

They are most definately not cool. For those who couldn't afford Rock Shox. And didn't like steering.
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gump wrote:
But they weren't. They were just shit.

They are most definately not cool. For those who couldn't afford Rock Shox. And didn't like steering.



Agree totally BITD i thought that as is all suspension on mtb's
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Fundamentally flawed design, heavy, ugly.

Cool... No.
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My god how I wanted one of these as a kid, I thought they were so cool! Alas, I also wanted baggy trousers like MC Hammer and a bum bag, upon reflection, I clearly was misguided.

Not cool, utter cack in fact.
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I'll buck the trend and go COOL!

Cheap alternative BITD and moved on to the totally cool Girvin forks... :D

Having said that never ridden one...
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Cool. I always seem to have had one. It all started off with a cromo 150mm luminous yellow one in 1992.
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I've never been on the "winning" side of the cool-uncool debate. So in an effort to ruin the Flex Stem's chances of being uncool, as it most certainly is, I'm going to vote COOL! C'mon Reverse Psychology! :lol:
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Although I liked 'em bitd I never really wanted one and agree that most people who got one probably really wanted suss forks.

Uncool.
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