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Since I got my early 'Muddy Fox' Clockwork it has really struck me how in the early days they were really experimenting with geometry but rather than do that in house they simply put the bikes to market and went from there!
These three are a very early (I'm told first 100) 88/89 Clockwork, a later 89 yellow and my favourite of all, the 92. I always thought the 89 was the original geometry, all low front, huge stem, long wheelbase and slack angles just like my bike as a child but the 88/89 is much closer to the later bike's angles but with a much more compact main triangle and super short chain stays. The fact the yellow one is the odd bike out it makes me wonder if they decided they'd gone too far with the 89? It certainly is a very head down, bum up position. For reference, the early two are medium, the 92 large.
The fact that very little changed from the 92 until the next decade suggests that's the sweet spot!
Anyway, who knows, I'm just musing having not been able to make the ride today!
These three are a very early (I'm told first 100) 88/89 Clockwork, a later 89 yellow and my favourite of all, the 92. I always thought the 89 was the original geometry, all low front, huge stem, long wheelbase and slack angles just like my bike as a child but the 88/89 is much closer to the later bike's angles but with a much more compact main triangle and super short chain stays. The fact the yellow one is the odd bike out it makes me wonder if they decided they'd gone too far with the 89? It certainly is a very head down, bum up position. For reference, the early two are medium, the 92 large.
The fact that very little changed from the 92 until the next decade suggests that's the sweet spot!
Anyway, who knows, I'm just musing having not been able to make the ride today!
