Looking for a nice reverse fork Litespeed?
02-28-06, 09:53 PM
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Looking for a nice reverse fork Litespeed?
Check out this bike. Think it really was lightly used?
https://cgi.ebay.com/Litespeed-Blue-R...QQcmdZViewItem
https://cgi.ebay.com/Litespeed-Blue-R...QQcmdZViewItem
02-28-06, 10:00 PM
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Oh dear. He's in my neck of the woods too. How embarassing.
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Holy, not only is the fork direction wacked, but it does not look like it fit the rider either with seat post buried in the frame like that.... 
I wonder if this is serious? Who would own a Litespeed and set it up like that?
I wonder if this is serious? Who would own a Litespeed and set it up like that?
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Looks like the fork is just balancing there. Notice lack of spacers between stem and headset.Or should I say lack of headset? hard to tell.
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I will wager that there is a simple explanation & that bike has low miles. It almost as if it was recently shipped & reassembled by someone who doesn't know bikes. Note the reflectors still on the wheels. If that bike were a 57, I would head on over to Germantown to take a look. Bob
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Originally Posted by dekalbSTEEL
Looks like the fork is just balancing there. Notice lack of spacers between stem and headset.Or should I say lack of headset? hard to tell.
03-01-06, 08:46 AM
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I think this guy's onto something. They say the optimal position in the drops is so that when you're looking down, you can't see your front hub because of the bars. Instead of getting a longer stem, just reverse the fork. BRILLIANT!!!
/off to spin my Litespeed fork around.
Ps. Digging the reflectors as well.
/off to spin my Litespeed fork around.
Ps. Digging the reflectors as well.
