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04-09-23 | 01:58 PM
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Murray Missile
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My 1990 Diamond Back Interval is now on Ver. "I lost track".0 thanks to discovering it had a FUBAR Unicrown fork from the day it was new. I could only run 700c X 25's in the front due to no clearance under the crown and that was only going after it with a die grinder. I also had to hold the wheel centered and then lock it down otherwise it would tilt way off to one side, definitely not a good situation and one that kept me from riding it very much. It's a Champion No. 2 frame and is really a nice rider so that bummed me out. I decided this winter to replace the fork and found the perfect replacement with a proper crown in Australia of all places. It is Chrome Moly other than that I know nothing about it, it took it about 3 days to get to the US and then a month to clear customs. When I got the old one off I was able to see the fork legs were offset vertically about 3/16"! I thought it just had an issue with the fork end on one side. I now have about 3/8" between the 25mm tire and the bottom of the crown vs. the 1/16' I had before AFTER considerable grinding. I put a Minoura Sport rack on it and put the red Avenir bottle cages back on. Sometime last year I swapped the CODA triple crankset for the FSA I had on my GT Karakoram drop bar conversion.
Some of you may remember it's rather garrish Ver. 1.0, if not I'll post it for comedic relief...... In retrospect it really was quite hideous.
Ver. 1.0
Here's Ver. 2."Something"
Version. "I'm Not Sure".0
.......and the "proper" crown, it goes with the lugged from MUCH better than the original Unicrown.
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