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Just built for my son as he is a cross racer with the Pure CX forks and there is nearly an inch toe overlap with the front wheel...
His SPD's are set as far forward as possible and he is running a 165mm crankset...
This appears to be the usual Made in Britain throw back to British Leyland design fault and for him the bike is un-rideable not to mention dangerous...
Everytime he makes contact the wheel shifts and creates brake rub (no matter how hard I tighten the skewer)...
The fork rake/frame geometry is wrong and I have contacted Kinesis. This is also the second frame as the first one was sent with excess paint spots and a crack in the cable tensioner thread... Now I know why I loved his Giant race bike...
The professional mechanic who built it up said he had seen nothing like it as my son rode off and nearly crashed. making a turn... I was thinking of a Pro 6 (no chance) and what a let down for the boy...
I posted this on the Kinesis Facebook page and they quickly took it down.