On a similar note, I had a great discussion about this at work today. We had the co-op student convinced that we were going to offer it as a service to anyone who brought in an older bike to get tuned up.
'It would be a great way to revitalize your rusty steel commuter. The vertical compliance it adds should be pretty awesome for the potholes around here.'

hahah!!

i was thinking the same thing. Could it be a 650 on a 700 fork or? it sure does look like a lot of gap.

LOL... very nice!

flip it

I'll take it. I'm going to flop and chop it.

A+ thread, will read again.

On another note, is your frame+fork just bare metal with a clear coat?

I'm pretty sure that's the normal gap, made so it can bar spin.

There was some talk of a expander bolt brake mount or something like a stem that went into that space to mount a brake.

It seems like some of these trick oriented riders would love bigger tires to absorb more impact...

yea