Not particularly retro (but it's still A Bike)

[6950rpm]

what kinda fork is that on the "proper" bike back there?

It's a Trimnell fork - came with the Torus frame. Rex Trimnell designed it and Raleigh bought the rights to it. Incredibly lght yet still rigid. See my other post in readers bikes for more info.

 

[orange71]

here's one on Ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/A-bike-the-smalle ... dZViewItem