On One Pompino owners...

Isn't that a cotic fork?

Nope.

Yep.

Don't suppose you know why they have it on the other side than every other fork?

Our ROADHOG forks caused a bit of a stir when they were released to
compliment our ROADRAT frame. Why? Well, as you can see from the
photo, the disc mount is positioned on the front right of the fork
rather than the more usual left rear. As always with Cotic products,
there were firm engineering reasons for Our ROADHOG forks caused a bit
of a stir when they were released to compliment our ROADRAT frame.
Why? Well, as you can see from the photo, the disc mount is positioned
on the front right of the fork rather than the more usual left rear.
As always with Cotic products, there were firm engineering reasons for
placing it where it is, and here's the lowdown:

Forces Axle movement under disc braking is now a fairly well known
phenomenon in mountain biking. Basically with the caliper positioned
left rear (usual place), and a vertical dropout, there is a reaction
of the braking force which tends to push the axle out of the dropout,
hence you're relying on the friction of your QR to counteract this
rather than a completely mechanical stop. Most manufacturers have
moved to a slightly forward facing dropout to counteract this.

We've actually never experienced any trouble with this on our mountain
bikes, but during prototype testing of the ROADHOG fork - which had
the disc mount in the usual left rear position - we did actually
experience some axle movement. Nothing actually came undone, but after
some serious downhill braking on fast roads, the rotors would be
rubbing a touch and the wheel would 'clunk' home in the dropout when
we undid the axle nuts. This was clearly unacceptable, so we set about
finding a solution. Our first port of call was forward facing
dropouts, but these would have required custom cut version which would
have increased the fork cost disproportionately. Therefore the design
problem became how to contain the disc forces whilst using an off the
shelf vertical dropout. The solution, as you can see, was to place the
disc mounting on the front. This puts all the forces into the dropout,
and is still a completely normal International Standard setup, so it
takes any IS caliper. It also gets the brake away from the back of the
fork which brings us to.... it where it is, and here's the lowdown:

Forces Axle movement under disc braking is now a fairly well known
phenomenon in mountain biking. Basically with the caliper positioned
left rear (usual place), and a vertical dropout, there is a reaction
of the braking force which tends to push the axle out of the dropout,
hence you're relying on the friction of your QR to counteract this
rather than a completely mechanical stop. Most manufacturers have
moved to a slightly forward facing dropout to counteract this.

We've actually never experienced any trouble with this on our mountain
bikes, but during prototype testing of the ROADHOG fork - which had
the disc mount in the usual left rear position - we did actually
experience some axle movement. Nothing actually came undone, but after
some serious downhill braking on fast roads, the rotors would be
rubbing a touch and the wheel would 'clunk' home in the dropout when
we undid the axle nuts. This was clearly unacceptable, so we set about
finding a solution. Our first port of call was forward facing
dropouts, but these would have required custom cut version which would
have increased the fork cost disproportionately. Therefore the design
problem became how to contain the disc forces whilst using an off the
shelf vertical dropout. The solution, as you can see, was to place the
disc mounting on the front. This puts all the forces into the dropout,
and is still a completely normal International Standard setup, so it
takes any IS caliper. It also gets the brake away from the back of the
fork which brings us to....

Would you consider selling the pompino with original fork and possible v brakes
Please PM me
Also have a carbon alu Boardman tk pro that I would happily exchange

not sure he would want to exchange if the reason he is selling is that his wife is complaining he has too many bikes

Looks ace! What fork is that?

some china carbon with alu steerer, "housebrand" from a german mailorder bought a few years ago

this looks nice!!

what gear ratios are we all running on our Pompino’s ?

42 x 17

For London riding, a little high I'd say

I’m on 38 x 17 Seemed a good ratio for Forest riding but a little low on the road

38x19 for cross

46 x 17, could make my life a bit easier and get a 42

Also some of you may remember the awful pomp on eBay earlier this year, scatter paint, light up bollocks etc

Needless to say I have saved it from its former life

Anyone got a spare one of these in small size?

Tell me you’re not repainting it?!

He just did it. That’s the result of it!

Ah ok, doh!

@packet great job, looks banging.

pretty sure thats how it came, unless he has repainted it exactly like it was before

Nah not repainted, just stripped and cleaned it, have built it up just need to photograph it ;-)

My Pompino is kind of a rat, but it will get worse. I´m bulding a Steamroller of the nice parts and will build the Pompino with stuff that people dont want steal.

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I'm after an XL pomp if anyone has one laying about, rattier/cheaper the better

I got a ratty fork, but no frame.