On One Pompino owners...

I share that sentiment.
Mine started with reasonably fancy bits inherited from other bikes (e.g. Thomson finishing kit, few carbon bits) but pretty soon (as it received progresively more use), cheaper more basic parts went on to the point that it resembled base factory spec.
If it was my only bike, I might have been more tempted to spec it out, but because there were others that were nicer or faster, I tended to saved bling parts for those.
I reckon fancy parts work better on frames that have been customised; they look more out of place on a frame with a stock Pomp paint job or with On One repro decals.

I'm probably in between.

When I was commuting on the pomp I used generic/low end parts.

But since I'm using it as a CX racing bike this winter, I did actually swap the Deda bars out for Zipp, the Tektro levers for SRAM, and the Tifosi seatpost for Ritchey. Literally just to be tarty and because I had them all lying around.

I did have a WI freewheel for commuting, but that was more because it came up cheap on here and I heard they were very tough.

Any chance any XL owners would like to swap their frame for my Large?

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Not used to sharing so with a bashful air, here is my build.
With thanks to @cake, @Eejit, @honk and various others from whom I sourced the various bits.
Used as a station bike right now but just about to put some G Ones on it for an extended gravel/canal ride. Such fun.

Gonna put the same post on the other Pomp forum for maximum exposure

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other Pomp forum

There's another one?

Oh yeah, there’s loads. Just don’t google it, NSFW

Nice cranks ;-)

Hi all,

I am running a v4 frame with the original forks, drop bars, and Wald 137 basket, as my daily commuter. Been very happy with it for a couple of years now, but thinking about better load carrying options and better performance in future.

Would it be worth me finding a carbon fork with similar dimensions, that has fender and rack mounts? Will it make a noticeable difference to the performance of the bike? I'd even be happy to switch to disc, mostly for the fun of it, as I am due for a new front wheel soon anyway.

What are people's thoughts and experiences with this? I have done some hunting around on the web but haven't been able to find an obvious replacement fork. Maybe my google-fu is bad.

Thanks for any recommendations anybody can provide!

Depends on how you define 'performance'.
If you mean lower weight in order for the bike to feel faster and more accelerative, a carbon fork built to support a rack (also likely to be disc-brake-only) isn't likely to give you a huge weight saving once it's all buttoned up with the brake and rack.
Most forks I've seen of that nature such as the Rodeo Spork have a tapered steerer tube, but if a 1 1/8" type exists I guess that could be a fun project.

I gave up on the idea of a Pompino being some sort of sleeper race weapon a long time ago. They can be quick, but not truly fast. Even when kitted out with some nice coincidentally-lightweight bits like an external BB & decent cranks, a posh headset and fancy lightweight brakes, they are not light bikes. To me, the 'performance' in my Pompino is its smoothness, and there's all sorts you can play with to achieve a smoother ride.

At the risk of someone buying it, going to ask anyway, would anyone take a punt on this? , it's super ratty/dented including a hacksaw cut (spidey senses going off) along with stuck seatpost + bent seatpost clamping area but they seem pretty industrial in weight/thickness and would cope (?). I'd take a punt but the postage makes it a bit spendy to risk.

false economy

Well if it was £20 I'd take a punt, have nearly all the parts from the spares bin to build it up into a pub/gravel bike. Happy to do the work myself but will probably wait for another to come along.

a similar one that was pretty much complete (but in bits) sold for £51 recently, and was in a much better state. i can't help but feel that the maximum you should be paying for that is for postage and no more.

if it was £20

this.

That's really handy to know! So much better - will sit this one out.

My 1x10 conversion - size large is a bit small for me, it turns out. But it was a donor frame, replacing a stolen bike, so it'll do for now!

Still to come: mudguards, bar tape, CX/canti fork (whick will also raise the headset a bit and solve the saddle to bar drop issue somewhat).

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I don't understand why seller didn't offer postage on that; it would have sold for way more.

If you are wondering about 650b and pomp(etamine) compatibility.
Here's mine fitted with Panaracer Pasela PT 42c on WTB Frequency i23 rims.

Anyone have a large Pompino to sell?
Are pompinos mudguards compatible? Looks like they are, but is it a standard fitting, or is there some fiddly bits involved?

Super rad

I have one, in Bristol if you are based anywhere near here. White, v3, with sturmey archer 3 speed hub, surly straggler fork and try hy rd disk front brake. Although I also have the original forks too. Would take £200 for the complete bike if that interests you.

And yes they all take mudguards, minimal fiddling

@Paulo_C That is so fucking good!

@essdi
@sensom
Thanks!

I had to drill a small hole in the rear mudguard to fix it directly to the seatstay bridge/wishbone, but other than that they fit fine.