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Old January 26th 10, 01:19 AM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Default Rigid Forks: Old School vs New School?

landotter wrote:
On Jan 25, 7:08 pm, semi-ambivalent wrote:
On Jan 25, 3:37 pm, landotter wrote:



On Jan 25, 4:03 pm, "(PeteCresswell)" wrote:
"Old School" =http://surlybikes.com/parts/long_haul_trucker_fork/
"New School" =http://surlybikes.com/parts/1x1_fork/
Can somebody elucidate the diff?
Is one stronger than the other?
Cheaper to make?
Stiffer?
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Unicrown should be stronger, so suited to disc brake use. For medium
width tires using rim brakes, the biggest difference is aesthetics.

These days aesthetics have no place in cycling.


That phrase only gains gravitas if you say it while bearded and Bell
Biker'd.


Bell Biker? Modern revisionist.
http://www.ciclomuseo-bartali.it/tes...lettacoppi.htm

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