853? guyser forks

[sylus]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Guyser-retro- ... 2c5fffefab

 

[Harryburgundy]

Ooo...I think Mr Jones should know about these, I'm PM him

 

[sylus]

good o

 

[orange71]

now those are a good looking fork

 

[Harryburgundy]

now those are a good looking fork

And they belong on a Guyser frame

 

[Jones]

Keep your grubby mitts off these everyone I REALLY want these :shock: thanks for the heads up Carl

I've e-mailed the seller pleading with him to sell to me or at the very least not to end the auction early for anyone else

They were meant for this

 

[Anthony]

They were meant for this

Are you sure Steve? It's very surprising that a fork made in the 853 era (96 at the very earliest) should be of a pre-suspension a-c length. It would be even more surprising if he built that frame with the kind of pre-suspension geometry that would suit the fork.

You have quite a long stem on there, so if your current fork is indeed too long for the frame, you should be finding that the two in combination give rather slow steering, in which case maybe you could do with a shorter fork. However if the steering is sharp already, then this eBay fork is going to make it very sharp indeed.

 

[Jones]

Bugger!! your right Anthony, that'll teach me not to read the listing :roll: I just saw the 853 and assumed they'd be 420mm at least :?

 

[orange71]

Keep your grubby mitts off these everyone

don't worry I'm not after them - just like their aesthetics.

 

[Jones]

I'm just off to swap the forks for some shorter ones just to see what it rides like, its got to be worth a shot

p.s must be the same ones surely :?: http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=103932&highlight=guyser