Official "Is this fork bent" thread
09-13-11 | 05:14 PM
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It's not bent!, it's just fork leg refraction you see there!......
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09-26-11 | 08:53 AM
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What??? Only 2 wheels?
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Trick of the lens.
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09-26-11 | 10:10 AM
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09-26-11 | 10:13 AM
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Get off my lawn!
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This one always bothered me
09-26-11 | 10:58 AM
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What??? Only 2 wheels?
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Are those chainrings biopace? How do you make a fixie with rings which don't have a constant radius? Inquiring minds want to know...
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09-26-11 | 11:01 AM
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09-26-11 | 11:11 AM
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That's right. Stop whining about your bent forks. Turn up your drops and ride, you big babies!
09-26-11 | 11:30 AM
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I thought the flipped drop bars were the international symbol for " busted for DWI"?
09-26-11 | 11:31 AM
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What??? Only 2 wheels?
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Oh, I get the variable leverage idea. But...but...but...with a derailleur you have something to take up the chain slack, with a fixie you don't. So when the long axis is horizontal the chain will sag. On the other hand, maybe that's a style thing, kinda' like droopy pants.
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09-26-11 | 11:35 AM
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Oh, I get the variable leverage idea. But...but...but...with a derailleur you have something to take up the chain slack, with a fixie you don't. So when the long axis is horizontal the chain will sag. On the other hand, maybe that's a style thing, kinda' like droopy pants.
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09-26-11 | 11:42 AM
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Oh, I get the variable leverage idea. But...but...but...with a derailleur you have something to take up the chain slack, with a fixie you don't. So when the long axis is horizontal the chain will sag. On the other hand, maybe that's a style thing, kinda' like droopy pants.