On One Pompino owners...

Maybe I'm just a badge snob then, but yeah. I'd see expensive, fancy forks on my Pompetamine as being a bit silly.

For me, the real reason I want new forks is purely cosmetic. I could live with unicrown if they were tapered like the Cotic steel ones, and ideally I'd like segmented ones to match the rear triangle, but the combo of unicrown and curved legs just looks ugly to me. But regardless of the logic of the situation, I just don't feel happy spending £££ on a fork for that frame. If a cheap Kinesis came up on ebay though, I'd be all over it.

It is also equally silly to have decent wheel set that cost more than the frame?

The cheap carbon exotics would be fun on a Pomp' if you're ok with discs.

The cheap carbon exotics would be fun on a Pomp' if you're ok with forks that would look totally out of place.

Ftfy :)

I dunno. I think it complements the segmented seatstays better than a smooth, curved cross fork.

miro, it's an mtb fork. it's crazy wide and the stanchions are as thick as the pomp top tube. it will look wildly out of place.

Wouldn't bother me, I think Inbreds look ok. Lets face it if you're a tart you bought the wrong frame to start with.

I wonder if you could get a 40c tyre in. That'd be nice.

I've seen Pompini with those forks, I think they look good- middle nineties MTB style.

There is a bare metal one with risers in London, running fixed with a v brake on the front.

I've seen Pompini with those forks, I think they look good- middle nineties MTB style.

Yeah, I guess that could work but reckon you would need flat bars and cross tyres to pull it off. Still don't reckon they'd look right on most pomps.

I always liked this one

Fork looks pretty tall. probably handles like a barge.

This 405mm job looks more to my taste as a Pompetamine fork

That weighs almost 200g more than the 390mm (non-jump) version at about 1kg. I'd have though at that weight you're not really saving any weight over a steel fork.

My Pomp is not about being light :-)

I know, just as I was typing that ^ I was thinking the same.

I'm looking at rigid 29ers again (as I'm missing not owning one more than I thought). Last time round I went for cheap alu and carbon to keep the weight down but this time and I honestly can't be bothered. I'd take nice geometry over weight saving any day.

I think the problem with Pomp forks is that it nobody (with the possible exception of Orient Express crabon) is going to produce a fork that makes sense for use with a £99 boat anchor frame. There are loads of forks out there that are perfectly suited to the job - not 10 minutes ago I was looking at these http://www.3tcycling.com/forks/luteus - but when you consider the cost, it's just not worth it.

Fork looks pretty tall. probably handles like a barge.

This 405mm job looks more to my taste as a Pompetamine fork

I've got a pair of those Exotic carbon forks that may not be needed... Not sure on axle-crown.. PM me if you're interested.

See https://www.lfgss.com/post3308495-16.html, I'm not actually going to change my Pomp fork until I change the frame, and that's a long way down my wish list.

I've seen Pompini...
Should the collective noun be an orgy of Pompini?

A glory hole of them?

It's a flange of Pompini, it's a whoop of Pompetamini.

It's bukakke of pompini and a crackwhore of pompetamines.

can the seat post be adjusted at all?

i ask because it looks like an awkward ride

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can the seat post be adjusted at all?

it can. but you mustn't