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We've been here before, plenty of people are happy riding Pomps with forks which cost more than the frame

This. Even if pomp is cheap, doesn't mean it's bad :)

I had ritchey wcs cross fork for a while, but the 400mm a-c wasn't so nice to drive. Didn't find any carbon forks with the original 390mm a-c so i got myself a straight blade steel fork.

I have a 42c smart sam in my v4; fits fine. If you want a straight blade fork that doesn't need to be carbon, get one from orlowski.

Had wcs fork for a while, and while it was super light, it was also a freaking noodle. Ordered custom one from Orlowski, 120€ well spent.

Sadly i sold it last autumn to finance my rychtarski. Wish i didn't, i still think it's the best damn bike i've ever had. Lots of stack might put some people off, but for me it was perfect. My only complaint would be the fork dropout, you'd kind of want thru axle with that. With qr-hub you can bend the fork a bit to fit it, but for me it was always bit of scary procedure.

Bike stand mini project complete - cost about 40 euros.

just go 48x19

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son or sp dynamo, b+m iq2 for light+usb would be a safe bet

http://www.evanscycles.com/products/pinnacle/arkose-singlespeed-2015-adventure-road-bike-ec071310

Hylex, lot of tyre room etc

my thoughts exactly

Those massive thru axle dropouts might make proportions look weird. I've had similar skinny forks, didn't die.

eww

Changed the original fork back to pompino - damn, it's so much better than i remembered 8)

Rossin has done so much weird one-of-a-kind stuff and custom jobbies from teams and whatnot i'm not surprised about anything anymore

Nitto B2522 could be close to what you're looking for

If you can fit couple more mm there, kojaks every tiem. Best cheap tires you can get.

never dropped a chain on my 1x10 105-setup. No narrow-wides, no chain guides or anything. Just put the derailleur spring on the stiffer setting and you're good to go.

Almost makes me want to sell my custom road/tour bike and survive with only pomp...

e: now that i think of it, the longest distance i've made in one day has been on pomp.

when windy, just flip the risers upside down

Atleast in my case they did, and they made a new fork without me having to send old back or anything.

Here we go. All good now. I thought about having a lowrider mounts a looong while when i ordered the frameset, but in the end i decided not to (for the clean linez and shit). But since he effed that fork up and i was gonna have a new fork, i decided what the heck, i shall have my rack mounts now. I reckon low rider + seat pack should be plenty for my light travels.

Depends how wide they are irl. I've used 42c tyres on pompetamine, have to put wheel all the way out in the drops, but they fit.

Durano plus ftw. 1000 miles down and barely showing puncture belt yet. Rolls decent and costs like 20 euros.

and when we take cost of living etc into account, they are pretty equivalent sums in their own countries.

frame builder should also know how to design frames, non?

it's the builders responsibility to let the customer know if something is not doable/not wise

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We are not talking about mielec here, we're talking about a guy who has done this since forever, so one would assume he'd know some basic stuff about bike building by now. (also, if you're referring to my bike, i never said to him to only make road frame with cantis , you should see our email-conversation ;))