Archie_tect
De Skieven Architek... aka Penfold + Horace
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- Northumberland
....so we don't know then?
Mine wouldn't turn round because of the geometry.
Mine wouldn't turn round because of the geometry.
Just out of interest if you rode the bike shown on the photo with the forks mounted back to front, would there actually be any problem with it?
The brake assembly is behind the forks so the brake components would be in compression rather than tension and the front would ride a bit higher over the spindle than 'normal' but other than that is it actually dangerous?
Just curious!
[Edit: just read the earlier post about brake blocks in slide-in sleeves but that sounds like a crazy system!]
At a guess, the feel of the steering will be out and I think the front wheel will tend to turn in more if it is turned a bit (sort of jackknife) and throw you off the front.
If Asda's anything like Homebase or Focus DIY, the display stock gets put beyond use with a big hammer and thrown in a skip round the back of the shop. Which, admittedly, is probably the best thing that could happen to a bike like this one, but it's a shame to see warehouse monkeys busy with Stanley knives and sledgehammers on anything from cushions to gas barbecues and patio furniture.
Typical. We didn't go the Falklands for that, did we?
Just out of interest if you rode the bike shown on the photo with the forks mounted back to front, would there actually be any problem with it?
The brake assembly is behind the forks so the brake components would be in compression rather than tension and the front would ride a bit higher over the spindle than 'normal' but other than that is it actually dangerous?
Just curious!
[Edit: just read the earlier post about brake blocks in slide-in sleeves but that sounds like a crazy system!]
I saw a demonstration on telly where they turned the forks on a normal bike (by which I mean a 70's/80's town bike with steel forks that swept forward slightly), and pushed it off on the road, and it just kept going - something to do with the angle of trail or whatever, making it not want to turn at all - it just went on and on until it ran out of momentum. So I'd expect if you were riding it, the steering would feel sluggish. (although that wasn't traight forks, so maybe they'd react differently)