BigFoz":3u20a51k said:StringFellow - not sure that is a 26" in the front - it looks very similar to the setup used by Lemond and Dcloss-Lasalle in Paris Roubaix, also the hub / rim make it look like a Mavic Helium wheel, which was a 700c. The forks sit higher than std, so the front of the bike looks like a 26" but may only be from the extra height / clearance for fork compression.
PANZR":4cprfl27 said:I've been told by someone at work that apparently a cyclist riding a blue touring bike was struck by a car 50km out of town on Saturday
More info if I get it
kaiser":2k2gqkh3 said:Without closer inspection I'd say that was a Manitou Mars Super 26" fork, It has been bodged with what looks like a bit of plate fashioned to pick up the canti bosses and allowing a hole to be drilled to accept the calliper brake. I'd imagine that this hasn't taken into consideration any of the braking forces that a front brake can exert! I'd also hazzard that such an increase of the A-C for the fork has slackened the headtube angle to such an extent where tearing the headtube is a real concern. People worry about fitting too big a fork to a steel mtb never mind an early carbon framed thoroughbred race bike. I'm not suggesting that the travesty is the bike being ridden but the fact that its likely to either half in two or come to an abrupt halt(or not) probably at a rate of knots when its least wanted