Weird Fork Spacing Issues

[Woz]

Well, there is no real performance gain. The advantage is mainly practical that if you are out say
doing something long distance on varied terrain on a fixed or SS, you can change gear
easily without carrying all the associated tools like cog remover and chain whip.

Many people also gear down a little in winter too. It's got practicalities for anyone doing compact
living where you essentially don't need to store a spare set of wheels.

Difficult to say if this was mutilated during the fixie craze, but it looks more delibrate for a proper
cause to me. You would expect the forks to spread 2 mm at most either side, and I can't imagine
Gios wouldn't build to tighter tolerances.

 

[drk_peak]

Re:

I've never heard of that but it certainly sounds like a practical idea, seems like a lot of extra effort though just to carry an extra gear or two, not to mention the added weight to the front wheel! - kinda cool though.

I tried SS for a while, I'd bought a bike for the frame and was set up that way so thought may as well, managed to get out into the peaks without my knees exploding but then came to my senses and converted it back to how nature intended.