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Hello all,
New to this.......I was directed here by JAMIE who indicated there is a world of knowledge about the Pompino. It seems he was correct. However, if you don't mind I have a question about Forks. I have just ordered a caliper carbon fork which is just 20mm short of the stock Pompino one (370mm). My questions are, will this change the geometry of my pomp v4 frame to the detriment of the ride, and most importantly will it even work?I await your learned opinions (hoping I have not blown a load of cash up the wall)
Vincenzo-
For every 15mm you take off the designed axle-to-crown length, you steepen the head angle by ~1° and reduce the trail by ~7mm. You'll probably get some of that trail back as the stock fork has a 45mm offset, a bit more than most road forks. You also steepen the seat tube angle and lower the BB. Pompini work pretty well with the designed geometry, I can't imagine that changing it will be an improvement.
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You'll be fine & welcome.
gbj_tester
Thuekr
Because road forks are about 30-40mm too short axle-crown to work on a Pomp. If you had a long enough fork with a caliper brake, the brake would need a reach of about 80mm.