This is my traveling brainchild/comedown/sideproject/twenties midlife crisis.
All jokes aside, this project will be to modify my Rychtarski road, which I'm already pretty happy with, to be more Audax and winter friendly.
I want to go cycling more in shitty weather. I don't like the straight bladed MAX fork that's currently on it because of its looks and I think it's cut a little too short so I'll get sexy bendy compliant fork legs instead. I don't like the lylac metallic paint but that's for another time. I want a little front rack to mount one of those fancy bags on and I want internal dynamo routing. I'll also get direct mount BR-8010-F for the lols which is terribly sad but I'm intrigued so I'll indulge myself in some #dbad goodness
It already takes 25 mm and mudguards, maybe I'll get to stretch it to 28s and 30s for those rare summer weeks. Mr. Orłowski will be fabricating me new forks to the following specs:
1 1/8 inch
60 mm rake
??? axle-to-crown (maximum within the constraints of the brake for as much clearance as possible, I've sent him the brake to play with)
direct mount brake studs (Shimano standard)
bolt mount vertically under the fork crown to attach a mudguard easily
mid-fork bosses
bosses on top of the fork crown shoulders
Mudguard eyelets on the dropouts
Internal routing for dynamo wire
flat fork crown bendy/curved fork legs with the rake/bend occurring in the bottom of the legs rando style
All this goodness for only €150 inc postage is not a bad deal I thought.
If all goes to plan I'll have some fancy low trail forks. We'll see from there.
I want to get the frame modded too, I can think of more than a few things I'd like to be added to make it more suitable for my needs plus like I said I don't like the current paint
This is my traveling brainchild/comedown/sideproject/twenties midlife crisis.
All jokes aside, this project will be to modify my Rychtarski road, which I'm already pretty happy with, to be more Audax and winter friendly.
I want to go cycling more in shitty weather. I don't like the straight bladed MAX fork that's currently on it because of its looks and I think it's cut a little too short so I'll get sexy bendy compliant fork legs instead. I don't like the lylac metallic paint but that's for another time. I want a little front rack to mount one of those fancy bags on and I want internal dynamo routing. I'll also get direct mount BR-8010-F for the lols which is terribly sad but I'm intrigued so I'll indulge myself in some #dbad goodness
It already takes 25 mm and mudguards, maybe I'll get to stretch it to 28s and 30s for those rare summer weeks. Mr. Orłowski will be fabricating me new forks to the following specs:
All this goodness for only €150 inc postage is not a bad deal I thought.
If all goes to plan I'll have some fancy low trail forks. We'll see from there.
I want to get the frame modded too, I can think of more than a few things I'd like to be added to make it more suitable for my needs plus like I said I don't like the current paint