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. I wish they had put 3 bolts instead of 1 - one day I'll have them added.
Yeah I'd probably get that added at the same time I got the bridge eyelets
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At the same time I can recommend adding a braze on to the seat stay as well to mount extra bottle cages! The rack eyelet works well as the bottom bottle mount. Comes in very handy for the 3 for £5 beer offers. Wine bottles also just clear the heal 👌
Actually I'd also remove the exposed gear shifter cable stopouts and replace with full length housing mounts. A few times I've had to upend the bike and de-clog the cable under the bottom bracket of mud so I could change gear
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It was an experiment as I already had the thorn forks. They have a shorter a-c so lower the front end and lower the trail. I played around with the geometry a bit on one of the online calculators and now it has a trail of about 40mm I think. Handles really well with low riders/basket (proper hands off through turns on descents!). Increased toe overlap a minor inconvenience.
I still have the original forks with Blackburn anything cages strapped to them and use them if I want to do bike packing/off roading. I wish they had put 3 bolts instead of 1 - one day I'll have them added.
Thorn fork and 43mm tyres for road touring/commuting.
Original fork and 2.2" tyres for bike packing.
Jekyll and Hyde!