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To give them credit, I think this frame was design for 22mm or small tyres, but I totally see what you mean by the inaccurate cut out too.
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I totally see what you mean by the inaccurate cut out
Looks like the downtube designer was assuming a 43mm offset. By the book, larger L96s had 43mm and smaller ones 34mm, but now all the R96s have the shorter offset so maybe they started fitting the 34mm fork to all the L96s. Yours certainly looks like the 34mm fork, if you compare with other L96 forks which have the dropout in line with the centreline of the fork blades rather than set back, e.g. Awang's bike here:
cf Baugé's bike:
By the book, they should be the other way around, but it's not all that surprising to discover that Awang chose the quicker steering and Baugé the more stable option, and that sponsored riders would actully be allowed to choose rather than getting what they are given :)
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In my experience tubular wheels are a bit smaller in diameter, together with some 22mm tyres would explain the "fail"
gbj_tester
Jaap
It s an amazing bike but with all the aero research that look does they made the cut out in the down tube in the wrong place...