Coolwall June 2011 - Girvin Flexstem
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GT-Steve":234jts51 said:Back in 1990 these were a cool thing to have when you were 14 and everyone else had full rigid set ups and couldn't afford to get one of these.
big, ugly heavy and cumbersome - yes.
Cool? - abso-bloody-lutely
You are the same age as me then! I got mine as a get well present after a big operation from my Dad
To be honest it worked better than the Manitou 1s I have on my GT at the moment
COOL.
Mahoney1978
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Absolutely 100% Cool.... I'd probably still consider putting one on my Raleigh Dyna Tech. Can you imagine that... double cool... a Dyna Tech AND a flexstem!
SouthCoastRetro
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scared the crap out of me first time I rode one but had to have it! was my first foray into bouncy, a retro staple, definitely.
markoc
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There are a substantial amount of retro "things" that don't work particularly well in modern company but are still considered cool - and in my book this is firmly one of them.
If it hit the market today it would bomb, but as a piece of kit in the 90's it was a credible alternative to suspension forks (which lets remember, weren't exactly cutting edge compared to todays offerings...)
The one piece bar/stem combo looks fantastic even today.
If it hit the market today it would bomb, but as a piece of kit in the 90's it was a credible alternative to suspension forks (which lets remember, weren't exactly cutting edge compared to todays offerings...)
The one piece bar/stem combo looks fantastic even today.
