well, I'm impressed by both of you, coming up with solutions like this. Pretty neat.

I've never liked the look of those axioms, have seen them for years now and again, and always think.....geez, one good twist motion.....

re your hoop, heck when I think of my original Blackburn low rider, and how flexy it was and still is, I reckon your modification has to be at least as sturdy, and frankly from the photo it looks more sturdy.
I never carried much weight on the front back then, and so never had any real issues with flex, so it just worked and I didnt know any better. A bunch of years ago I used it for the first time in ages, and on that trip when I filled and overfilled my front panniers with groceries once, it was flexy, but again, I took it easy and it was ok.

I certainly appreciated the Tara , combined with a diff bike with a much stiffer front end and fork in general, so diff from back in 1991, but then lets be honest, I had as much as fun back then , even though of course its better that stuff is better nowadays.

tourist, neat triangle idea you had there.