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Title: Trigger's Broom lives again!
Post by: Jon The Bassist on January 28, 2013, 08:05 PM

So my trusty Felt is now on its 4th pair of forks, courtesy of MATTFX81, also front wheel changed after even my trusty LBS gave up on trying to get it straight  :uglystupid2:
Let's see if these Pitchforks can do the job :daumenhoch:

(http://i1223.photobucket.com/albums/dd504/Jon_D_Rhodes/IMAG0262_zpsfbc71fa0.jpg)

Title: Re: Trigger's Broom lives again!
Post by: GavinDavis on January 28, 2013, 08:10 PM

Bloody hell....how many forks??  :LolLolLolLol: .  Is it the photo angle or are those forks bent back slightly?

Title: Re: Trigger's Broom lives again!
Post by: Jon The Bassist on January 28, 2013, 08:13 PM

To be honest the first pair aren't broken, just heavy and very tatty, others are fooked.
No, forks are bang on, just bike at a funny angle on a slope going R to L and me stood at an angle as well :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: Trigger's Broom lives again!
Post by: GavinDavis on January 28, 2013, 08:15 PM

Quote from: Jon The Bassist on January 28, 2013, 08:13 PM

To be honest the first pair aren't broken, just heavy and very tatty, others are fooked.
No, forks are bang on, just bike at a funny angle on a slope going R to L and me stood at an angle as well :daumenhoch:

Ah cool  :daumenhoch: .....was just thinking, the last thing youre gonna want is a weakness followed by another set of forks  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: Trigger's Broom lives again!
Post by: rooski on January 28, 2013, 08:16 PM

They SHOULD be better than the others Jon 8)

Title: Re: Trigger's Broom lives again!
Post by: ron burgundy on January 28, 2013, 09:24 PM

How do you keep killing your forks?

Title: Re: Trigger's Broom lives again!
Post by: Jon The Bassist on January 28, 2013, 09:31 PM

The Redline forks were cos of a bad crash at speed at the 1st national at the indoor last year, the SEs were normal use for a big lump of an Old Skooler, ie manuals just not clearing the 2nd double etc plus even the new fitter me is 16.5 stone...

Title: Re: Trigger's Broom lives again!
Post by: ron burgundy on January 28, 2013, 10:21 PM

Yep, that'll do it.  ;D

How are you getting on with the 20"?

Title: Re: Trigger's Broom lives again!
Post by: Jon The Bassist on January 28, 2013, 10:24 PM

Really good until the snow and ice came, right enjoying riding a 20" that fits though I'll never be the smoothest rider. I think I'll still race cruiser in the regionals (not fit enough to race both) cos I'm way more stable but I'll race the 20 at club races, Brits etc and take it skateparks as my regular fun bike :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: Trigger's Broom lives again!
Post by: ron burgundy on January 28, 2013, 10:34 PM

Careful in the skate parks mate, it's not just the bikes that get broken in those places.

We've done no riding at all up here for weeks. The weather's been terrible.

Title: Re: Trigger's Broom lives again!
Post by: Dark Diggler on January 28, 2013, 11:05 PM

Those forks won't  break Jon.....the head tube will shear off long before that happens :LolLolLolLol:

 :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: Trigger's Broom lives again!
Post by: dordymush on January 29, 2013, 05:03 PM

when you bend em give me a shout  ;D