One of Tom's forks will be a thing of beauty and a fine ride. His design solution will keep the frame level if you want, and be designed with any features you like. One consequence is that the brake reach will increase, possibly past the point where a caliper can be used. This isn't Tom's fault, it's just the way frame geometry works. I'm going with a different maker, since I wanted faster and lower-priced results, a local guy (his blades will be really long, too). It will be lower price, but not faster. I expect to get the fork any day, but that's been the case since March or so. My fork will go on my 1984 Trek 610, which will be my low-trail testbed, before I spend more $$ for a low-trail frame. It might be really good, since the 65 mm fork will bring the geo of my Trek very close to that of a Boxdog Pelican .... Can't wait, really.
This is part of why I'm not considering a Riv at this moment. Now as a replacement go-fast, I think the Roadeo might be right up near the top. On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 6:33 PM, jim g <yoj...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Seth Vidal wrote: > > On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 2:19 PM, cyclotourist <cyclotour...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Seth, you could get a custom fork made for a lot less to check out the > low > > > trail thing. > > > > > > Could be a fun experiment! > > > > > > > From where? By Whom? I'm completely made of ears if someone has a > suggestion. > > > > Tom Matchak is your guy -- he's built low-trail forks for Rams > before...e.g. > > http://tommatchakcycles.blogspot.com/search/label/forks > > -Jim G > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- Ken Freeman Ann Arbor, MI USA -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
