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Nice bike by the way.

What fork is that?

woodz,
My stock pomp fork is 390 A-C.
The kinesis fork was a major improvement and i'd put that down to the weight saving.
I haven't noticed anything negative about it at all. The bike handles well enough for my commute!

Is that measured? I thought they were actually 395.

My P2s were 395. Went from them to Kinesis DC37s at 405 and didn't notice any real difference apart from weight.

Yeh, they're pretty rare. Only seen one other s marco in the UK and that was ridiculously nice.

My mate Mike owns this one although I haven't seen him out on it in ages. I'm guessing he's still got it.

Yeah, I'd have to agree, that's not ideal but I was really just addressing your previous statement that a bike bought online would not have had a PDI check before going out to the customer.

From a reputable brick and mortar shop where they PDI the bicycle before handling it to the customer, yes.

No chance of that when you order online though.

Wiggle bikes are sent ready to ride.

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/h/option/BikeDelivery#ready2ride

it just feels so sturdy and functional

Yeah, what do you want it to be?

Fair play. Don't suppose there was much of the original bike left after that. Went through through the rims on mind in just one winter.

Oops bit late.

60k!?! That's over 165 miles a week, every week since 06!! Allowing for your year off of course.

Depends what you want from it I guess. Love my Pompetamine. Hardly Blue Harbour imo.

[QUOTE=Chris Borneo;4113435]Pompetamine's been back in off road mode for the weekend. Forgotten how much fun it is getting out there and getting muddy.

What gearing are you running on that Chris? 34/18 or 39/18 or similar?

39:20

Nah, it's a Kona P2. I've got Kinesis DC37 too, if you look a bit further up the page but the lacquer/finish was really poor so they're off for a respray.

Pompetamine's been back in off road mode for the weekend. Forgotten how much fun it is getting out there and getting muddy.

Pompetamine's been back in off road mode for the weekend. Forgotten how much fun it is getting out there and getting muddy.

Workshop's still moving along slowly. All the Plasterboard's up now, lights, sockets and extractor fan have all been fitted and wired up since this photo was taken and I've got a sparky coming tomorrow to connect up to the house.

Have you considered selling the frame and purchasing a newer one? Geo would be right for your carbon fork and it would have a disc tab.

Yeah, we got a rivnut gun at work for replacing faulty/damaged bosses. Piece of piss job to do. Works on steel and carbon too .

On One site says "Taking the lead from the Kaffenback, seat angles have been steepened, nudging you a bit more forward and making things more aggressive overall." but the old Pomp had a 73.5 deg seat angle no? Think the Kaff got slacker too didn't it?

I know there's not chart yet, but does look better - looks like a lower BB, Steeper HA and SA.

Steeper head angle than 73deg?

So rad

Yeah, the Tange fork is nice. I was looking at a Salsa fork for mine at one point. Was pretty similar design but it was the weight that put me off. Do you know how much the Tange fork weighs? Couldn't see a weight in the description.

Also, pompetamine forks are like £50 - where do you get carbon disc forks for that?

Just meant you could probably pick up a Kinesis DC37 and a basic Cane Creek headset for not much more than a Chris King and the Pomp fork.

Also just noticed you're looking at buying a Chris King headset and standard Pompetamine forks!?! Think you'd find a carbon fork and a basic Cane Creek headset would give you much better performance for similar money.

It'll depend on your exact chain line. Like I said, my sprocket is already as far inboard as it can go but I am using a Gusset Double Six sprocket which is wider at the bottom so you could probably get away with it using the sprocket you've found on ebay.