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Well, the long stem has a very similar design to the frame. Its just the better setup for general riding, especially on uphills.
I bought the frame for 100 Euro.
bullseye V-brake
Now with BULLSEYE V-brakes. With the same pads these are a tad more efficient than the PAUL moto lite and they do not tend to squeal. Thus, the front brake booster is gone now. Further, the BULLSEYE V-brakes are good for wide rims (the motolites made it with the 25mm wide rims...
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Wow, that is quite modern! A riding buddy here builds a similar geometry bike and I am very curious how that feels on the trail. I'
m used to 73 (seat tube) /71 (steerer tube) degree frames.
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The dirt just sticks on the stanchions because of excessive Brunox "Deo"- use. These seals are the first ones but the fork was not ridden much and I will keep them. I changed the seals on another bomber fork (Z2, 1997) to ENDURO seals but they had masses of stiction which they did not lost...