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Old 10-18-07 | 10:38 AM
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Strange looking fork

Check out the fork on this bike. https://cgi.ebay.com/Gary-Fisher-Silv...QQcmdZViewItem
Does it look backwards or am I seeing things. The brakes look like there on the back of the fork.


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Old 10-18-07 | 10:43 AM
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The dropouts, crown and the fork angle certainly look off..
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Old 10-18-07 | 10:44 AM
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That fork is indeed mounted bass ackwards. Simple fix though
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Old 10-18-07 | 10:52 AM
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That fork is indeed mounted bass ackwards. Simple fix though
Thats funny...the guy is probably selling the bike cause it handles like a squirely pig.
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Old 10-18-07 | 11:02 AM
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LOL!

Pehaps we should comment on that to him and maybe he'll like riding again...
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Old 10-18-07 | 11:50 AM
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LOL, thanks for the laugh. Man, that is scary...
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Old 10-18-07 | 12:02 PM
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Originally Posted by DickyJ
The dropouts, crown and the fork angle certainly look off..
This is either the understatement of the year, really dry humor or you just don't know for sure....
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Old 10-18-07 | 12:06 PM
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He liked the looks of the Manitou reverse-arch and tried to emulate it?

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Old 10-20-07 | 12:00 PM
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Q: Whoever "cleaned and polished" the fork on this bike reinstalled it backwards... you may want to have that fixed.

A: Gadzooks, that is me. I put the handlebars on backwards. I am getting senile. Thanks for the help. I am too old to ride it so it has just sat in the shed..
Yeah, someone pointed it out. But that does look pretty damn funny with the fork the wrong way round...
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Old 10-20-07 | 12:04 PM
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This is either the understatement of the year, really dry humor or you just don't know for sure....
I'll take 'B' please bob
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