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I decided to get rid of the original front fork off my recent convert cause it was a bit tweaked which would cause the bike to veer to the right a bit, that either happened when trying to remove the stuck stem with the wheel between the legs twisting hard or the fact that the bike obvliously was in a frontal collision at some point (I had straightened the bent fork steerer).
Anyways, the kinesis fork is 43mm rake I think, but the headtube on the bike obvliously bent in a little too.. so now Its track geometry ha! Looks kinda funny with the long chainstays at the back!
I wanted to paint the fork flourescent green like my tape but the shade just wasnt right and wound up too dark, so the only thing I had on hand was brass gold so I used it, sorta like how it looks, I guess black was the obvious answer though, but I'll run it like this!

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Is the frame really kinked, I can't see it from the distance those pictures were taken. That frame was probably originally designed for 27" wheels and your 700c fork is slightly shorter which lowers the front end slightly. Hows the toe overlap?
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It is kinked a tad yeah, I can see a slight bend right behind the downtube head lug, the top tube looks fine however.
It was made for 27" yeah, so that makes sense, I have another old sekine (much nicer) that I have as a geared bike which I put a straight blade carbon fork on and its still not nearly as tight.
It was made for 27" yeah, so that makes sense, I have another old sekine (much nicer) that I have as a geared bike which I put a straight blade carbon fork on and its still not nearly as tight.