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Rod_Saetan
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sinnerman":364ek7it said:
Ha! Sorry, if it's any use I have never been much of a Fat fan, so I was never going to be the target market for this. There is of course a large difference between someone who was making frames in the 90s and is making contemporary frames still today, like Curtis Inglis and Rick Hunter, and someone who has had a break, like Chance. The former have evolved and that's why, especially in Curtis' case the product he produces now, with different sized wheels, a different brake type, tapered steerers, cable routing for dropper posts, fat bikes, 29+ etc etc is still definitively a Retrotec/Inglis and it is clear to see the evolution.
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It's a modern Fat, what exactly were you expecting? Modern bikes have tapered or oversized head tubes as if they didn't you wouldn't be able to buy decent forks. Wasn't the modern Fat designed for suss with the rigid fork option added later?
It's a modern Fat, what exactly were you expecting? Modern bikes have tapered or oversized head tubes as if they didn't you wouldn't be able to buy decent forks. Wasn't the modern Fat designed for suss with the rigid fork option added later?
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I'm sure it would look fine with the Ritchey forks, as it would with the suss forks it was designed for.
I'm sure it would look fine with the Ritchey forks, as it would with the suss forks it was designed for.
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To be fair, why would you compare a tapered head with a tapered fork in it with one with an adapter and 'wrong' size fork in it?
To be fair, why would you compare a tapered head with a tapered fork in it with one with an adapter and 'wrong' size fork in it?
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Keep talking Brocklanders....I'm getting schooled on modern bike design on this thread. He needs to broaden the crown of the new segmented forks and maybe use larger diameter tubes to give it better proportion. Agree, it will look better with modern front suspension
Keep talking Brocklanders....I'm getting schooled on modern bike design on this thread. He needs to broaden the crown of the new segmented forks and maybe use larger diameter tubes to give it better proportion. Agree, it will look better with modern front suspension
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A modern fat. That pushed the envelope, inspired, had an air of something special and thought out about it.
Its a lot of Money when a £350 Ragley has more to offer.
And if for Suspension Fork why the first pictures Show this mash up.
Its that crap you just wouldn't show it without a suspension fork surely.
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A modern fat. That pushed the envelope, inspired, had an air of something special and thought out about it.
Its a lot of Money when a £350 Ragley has more to offer.
And if for Suspension Fork why the first pictures Show this mash up.
Its that crap you just wouldn't show it without a suspension fork surely.
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Ref your previous post and then this one....
Perhaps you should "coerce" him you seem to understand whats needed better than he does.
M-Power":3f9zv3u1 said:Keep talking Brocklanders....I'm getting schooled on modern bike design on this thread. He needs to broaden the crown of the new segmented forks and maybe use larger diameter tubes to give it better proportion. Agree, it will look better with modern front suspension
Ref your previous post and then this one....
Perhaps you should "coerce" him you seem to understand whats needed better than he does.
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