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Bit of info [url= http://www.drovercycles.co.uk/?p=5379 ]here...[/url]


 
Posted : 30/07/2015 4:31 pm
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Sexy or what ❗


 
Posted : 30/07/2015 4:55 pm
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Not sounding good for it having that lovely curved fork :/


 
Posted : 30/07/2015 6:19 pm
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I think the fork is a plus point curves ride well and less toe overlap.


 
Posted : 30/07/2015 6:48 pm
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Sexy or what

It's a nice looking frame, but as a complete bike it looks a bit.......wrong. I'm sure it'll be great for when you can't decide between your touring bike, 29er or CX bike.


 
Posted : 30/07/2015 7:09 pm
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I think the fork is a plus point curves ride well and less toe overlap.

As Ben says, looks like the production version will have a straight blade fork ... sadly.


 
Posted : 30/07/2015 7:26 pm
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Due in November, looks good. By the time I've enough cash for one, it'll have been discontinued anyway.


 
Posted : 30/07/2015 7:30 pm
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I think the fork is a plus point curves ride well and less toe overlap.

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Forks are a cantilevered beam and bends make little difference to compliance. Indeed not having to bend the fork can mean you could build a lighter fork.

Toe overlap would be the same straight or curved as offset would be in the crown.


 
Posted : 30/07/2015 7:31 pm
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I wanted something like this last winter. I planned on getting in regular post work night rides, but the quieter roads were too broken up for skinny tyres and the off-road was a constant mudbath (got fed up of constantly muddy bike\kit cleaning).

It would give me a better road riding position than the xc bike and pot hole gobbling ability of some fat tubeless road\gravel tyres. I'd go for a dynamo setup so I can forget about charging lights all the time.
Good excuse to build a bike!


 
Posted : 30/07/2015 9:42 pm
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Looks like somebody rode it into a wall


 
Posted : 31/07/2015 8:37 pm
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That could very well be my next commuter, C2W opens in September again, perfect timing.


 
Posted : 31/07/2015 8:41 pm
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I think the fork is a plus point curves ride well and less toe overlap.

pish.

edit : Brant beat me to it and was much nicer about it too.


 
Posted : 31/07/2015 9:42 pm
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Bit like a Gryphon? (which incidentally I'm loving). Pleasantly surprised at the difference in handling between it and a Swift. Re: the Tour de Fer, what's 'continental-style handling'?


 
Posted : 31/07/2015 10:02 pm
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Any more updates on this? Interested as a CTW commuter/weekend bikepacker.


 
Posted : 17/08/2015 3:24 pm
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what's 'continental-style handling'?

Veers to the right-hand side of the road.


 
Posted : 17/08/2015 4:34 pm

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