Retro in spirit only sorry, Pace rigids on a Kona ?

[Jones]

I know its strictly speaking not retro but its a Kona and its steel so perhaps you'll let me get away with it :?

I'm building up a singlespeed commuter bike its going to be parked next to my workbench so it can be a bit nice without fear of being stolen

The frame just arrived this minute its pretty tatty but still looks o.k and I was going to put black P2s on it but these also just arrived :roll: and although P2s seem the obvious choice I do quite like the look of these on it :shock:

Put them on or not ? :?

The chainset isn't staying it was on it when it arrived and before anyone mentions the forks being at a strange angle their just sitting in there loosely for the photo :roll:

 

[one-eyed_jim]

Are they long enough?

 

[Jones]

Are they long enough?

Not perfect but they'll do for my commuter they are the slightly longer 420mm crown race to centre of axle ones so their not really really short so I don't think it will feel terrible with them on

 

[one-eyed_jim]

Ah, I didn't know they'd made a longer model. Mine are only about 385mm axle-to-crown.

I reckon a P2 would suit the bike better, but why not try the Pace since you've got it there? We all know what a P2 looks like in an Explosif, and it's only a 20 minute job to switch.

 

[Anthony]

Looks good to me.

2004 Explosif geometry gave a 71 degree head angle with a 456mm fork less 20mm sag = 436. So a 420mm rigid fork will give a head angle of almost exactly 72. I'd guess that would just hold your attention nicely, rather than give you any problem.

 

[Jones]

Ah, I didn't know they'd made a longer model. Mine are only about 385mm axle-to-crown.

I reckon a P2 would suit the bike better, but why not try the Pace since you've got it there? We all know what a P2 looks like in an Explosif, and it's only a 20 minute job to switch.

Think thats what I'll do to be honest I didn't know they made the longer ones either and only bought them as they were cheapish so it was a nice suprise when I measured them up

 

[Jones]

Thanks for that Anthony thats something like I had in my head but its nice to have it confirmed by someone who knows what their talking about

 

[Anthony]

And incidentally don't forget that P2s are one cm shorter, so will give a slightly steeper head angle of c72.5.

Unless you go for these, which are 44cm therefore ideal geometry-wise, but for some unaccountable reason some folks don't like them.

 

[DM]

Unless you go for these, which are 44cm therefore ideal geometry-wise, but for some unaccountable reason some folks don't like them.

Is it cos:

1. They are fugly;

2. They manage to give a longer A-C measurement but without any more tyre clearance (for deviant 650B or 29er experiments);

3. Thereby looking stupid. And fugly. And un-worthy of the Kona name.

Tho I could be grossly mistaken, of course.

Pace rigids: Very acceptable.

 

[Anthony]

Unless you go for these, which are 44cm therefore ideal geometry-wise, but for some unaccountable reason some folks don't like them.

Is it cos:
1. They are fugly;
2. They manage to give a longer A-C measurement but without any more tyre clearance (for deviant 650B or 29er experiments);
3. Thereby looking stupid. And fugly. And un-worthy of the Kona name.
Tho I could be grossly mistaken, of course.
Pace rigids: Very acceptable.

So are you hinting that you don't want to buy them off me then?

Surely looks aren't more important than geometry are they?