I love it!!! I love that fork and almost bought one, maybe a knock off, once.
I like the build and while, as you pointed out it isn't period, it doesn't look bad either. I just hope when we see it next spring it isn't sporting a carbon/Ti 11spd Record groupo with deepdish carbon wheels.
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