Originally Posted by
queerpunk
still curious as to the reasoning behind the huge fork. maybe if i ever meet this bmw dude i'll ask him.
The reasoning behind the fork (and all the geo in general) is that they were trying to approximate the ride characteristics of an early 1900's six-day racer, but with modern compact geo and tig-welding. The way the angles and tubing worked out, they needed the extra A-C height to get the right trail, head angle, etc.
Also, they are using some double-butted tubing now, so chomp on that.