Originally Posted by
70sSanO
Not to discount the NORBA references but I can’t recall the phrase, “leisurely rides through forests and on trails” in any of their race documentation.
I was thinking more about the long-and-low stems that were
de rigueur for early 90's hard tails to keep the front ends down, even with the early 50mm forks, like the 150mm-0* ATAC on my Tomac, or the 140mm (-7*) on my Cannondale.
Nothing leisurely about those bikes, though
