Originally Posted by
Cleave
Hello,
I've got one of these in my garage. I raced on it starting in the mid 1980s until 2000. Actually there was about a 10 year gap where I didn't do any TTs in those 15 years.
I think that you might be doing something wrong or that the seller psyched you out because the bike is far from twitchy. Yes, the position is pretty extreme but I raced three 40 Km TTs on it and didn't suffer any permanent damage.
You aren't going to be able to find a better fork for the bike unless you get someone to build a custom fork. Like I said, though, the bike rides fine with the factory fork.
once i get going it's nice and stable (as long as you're looking straight. turning around is semi disastrous.)
as far as the biopace, it's funny. i was riding it by the sellers house and thought it felt a bit different, but mostly because i was on a bike in a completely different league (vs my raleigh with suicide levers and 40 lbs of hefty steel). unless i could swap out a regular chainring, i don't think it really makes a noticeable difference.
as i've been messing around on it, it's actually pretty comfortable, it's pretty similar to riding in the drops on a regular road frame, not that much more rake (well, i don't have it set super extreme yet either.