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Old 08-08-11 | 07:10 AM
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Originally Posted by mechBgon
I got a Troll fork and stuck it on my commuting mountain bike. The venerable Blackburn CL-1s bolted up pretty nicely, so now I can haul even more groceries However, that's a LONG fork and I'm not sure I like the way the bike's handling now, so the next step will be to get a Troll frameset, I think. I could use more tire clearance in the back anyway, I have some tires large enough to graze the front derailleur on my old bike.
Axle to crown is 453mm, so it is a pretty long fork. Suspension corrected for 100mm travel. Sounds like the 1x1 fork would work better, or a matching frame.
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