Built this fork for Sanford, who *really* wanted tapering blades. Unfortunately, his frame required the fork be suspension corrected, and since the blades are only 420mm long (enough for a ~450mm fork, but not a 480mm one, like what he needed) we came up with a new look - a much more sloping crown. I think it's kinda cool, and it definitely makes it possible to do a 465-470mm fork without moving the crown race up high like this one. So rejoice, tapering blade afficionados: I can now build squishy-fork length tapering forks.
As a side note, Ansel Adams ain't got nothin' on me. This looks like a bad mug shot, as if the fork had held up a liquor store, then been beaten to a fluxy pulp by the LAPD. I need to avoid taking pictures of stuff against dirty white walls, and the dog hair covered throw rug isn't helping. But the fork is cool, I think. I'll try to get a better picture of it when it's back from the powdercoater.
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i think that it looks way cool, and the dog-hair-encrusted rug should be used as packing material--kind of a Waltworks trademark.
Nice. How much does it weigh?
Chris
I think it should have the angled top-caps. That does seem like a WW trademark. Sets your stuff apart from say, on-one's or even old Fat C's.
~E
I mounted this fork today. UH huh, huh...you said, mounted!
Okay, I installed it on the frame...is that better? I cut the steerer to 8 inches (uh huh huh), and I used a new hacksaw blade - what a difference a new blade makes, I actually made a straight cut.
Anyway - the tandem fork looks Schuweet on there, and I just lost 3 pounds on my 29er tandem, by losing that ATC racing suspension fork.
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