Accent on Aesthetics: Forks
04-23-07 | 02:50 PM
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Accent on Aesthetics: Forks
I think most road bike forks are ugly! Their either blobby and formless or just plain ugly. There are, however, a few forks that I think look awesome. Two that come to mind immediately are the Wound-Up and the Look HSC 5+. What other forks do you think look good? (5th grade writing style intentional)
04-23-07 | 02:54 PM
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I think it's a *really* fine line between blobby/formless/just plain anonymous and the two "awesome" (sic) forks you cited. In most cases a fork is a fork is a fork...it's one of the last places where I think aesthetics are made or broke(n).
Exceptions might be some really sweet lugged steel forks (Sachs, Vanilla, Llewellyn, Kirk, Mooney, etc.) on the plus side...and the Pinarella Onda on the minus. Yeesh, what a hideous looking fork that is!
Exceptions might be some really sweet lugged steel forks (Sachs, Vanilla, Llewellyn, Kirk, Mooney, etc.) on the plus side...and the Pinarella Onda on the minus. Yeesh, what a hideous looking fork that is!
04-23-07 | 03:27 PM
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04-23-07 | 05:17 PM
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04-23-07 | 05:27 PM
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I dunno, whats wrong with this
https://www.leaderbikestore.com/prod_...up/i802_21.jpg
https://www.leaderbikestore.com/prod_...up/i802_21.jpg
04-23-07 | 05:29 PM
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Originally Posted by timmyquest
I dunno, whats wrong with this
https://www.leaderbikestore.com/prod_...up/i802_21.jpg
https://www.leaderbikestore.com/prod_...up/i802_21.jpg
04-23-07 | 05:29 PM
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Originally Posted by MIN
What's with the Pinerello design, BTW? Does that increase vertical compliance for vibration reduction?
Originally Posted by pinarello.com
ONDA has a special reversed double S carbon fibre fork & chainstays, a shape Pinarello developed from two years of intensive Finite Element Analysis computer research that is the best solution for longitudinal & lateral stiffness and vertical shock damping.
ONDA FP's reversed double S offers a more stable ride in the turns and under breaking, and good damping from road shock without affecting steering; this offers 5% more overall stiffness and 10% more over our Beta fork.
ONDA FP's reversed double S offers a more stable ride in the turns and under breaking, and good damping from road shock without affecting steering; this offers 5% more overall stiffness and 10% more over our Beta fork.
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04-23-07 | 05:30 PM
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04-23-07 | 06:03 PM
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Good thing Pinarello abandonded their Infinite Element Analysis research project.
04-23-07 | 06:12 PM
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Even the fine marketing folks at Pinarello haven't determined when to use breaking and when to use braking in their product descriptions. That grammar mistake drives me crazy.
04-23-07 | 06:27 PM
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Originally Posted by cpk0
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04-23-07 | 06:31 PM
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Even the fine marketing folks at Pinarello haven't determined when to use breaking and when to use braking in their product descriptions. That grammar mistake drives me crazy.
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04-23-07 | 07:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Brycycle
sorry Dr.Pete, but i find that fork to be the weak point in Pinarello's aesthetic. too Dali-esque (?).
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04-24-07 | 03:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Blue Jays
Even the fine marketing folks at Pinarello haven't determined when to use breaking and when to use braking in their product descriptions. That grammar mistake drives me crazy.
Maybe it's not a mistake?
04-24-07 | 03:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Blue Jays
Even the fine marketing folks at Pinarello haven't determined when to use breaking and when to use braking in their product descriptions. That grammar mistake drives me crazy.
04-24-07 | 03:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Brycycle
sorry Dr.Pete, but i find that fork to be the weak point in Pinarello's aesthetic. too Dali-esque (?).
Lol...I agree the Pinny is beautiful except for that fork that looks like it just got rammed into something.
