You should sell the Steelman.Woah, woah, woah. Leave me and my forks out of this.
The Koski is the least of my problems: that's not even here yet!
The Ritchey, the Steelman, the IRD, the Syncros**... now those I'm hoarding!
**This one's actually about be be for sale.
| Frame | 1994/7 Bontrager Race Lite |
| Fork | Igleheart |
| Headset | 1" CK nothread |
| Wheelset | m950 laced to ceramic Bontrager Valiants, ASYM rear, radial laced front |
| Tires | Continental Cross King Front / Race King Rear - Schwalbe tubes |
| Front Derailleur | m900 |
| Rear Derailleur | m900 w/ vuelta pulleys and Ti pulley bolts, rollamajig |
| Cassette | m900 |
| Bottom Bracket | old White Industries, Ti spindle 113mm |
| Crank Set | Cook Bros F-Type compact with NOS Shimano/Profile Racing rings |
| Stem | Moots Ti |
| Handlebars | Titec Hellion Ti |
| Grips | Bontrager Race NOS |
| Shifters | Suntour XC PRO 7/8spd in 8spd index mode |
| Seatpost | Syncros Ti |
| Saddle | SSM Bontrager Ti |
| Pedals | m735 |
| Levers | older Paul |
| Brakes | m900 w/ Koolstop ceramic pads, DKG boosters NOS & @synlos WTB hanger Ti ferrule =P |
| Cables | XTR NOS |
| Skewers | Ringle |
| Bottle cage | tbd |
was some months back, I posted a want ad on facebook looking for hellbents or a Ti crowbar and the seller offered up the Hellion, which I was stoked to find.
curved / straight doesn't make any difference? That doesn't seem right, why are people curving stays and straight blading forks? AC is on par with the Bonty Comp fork, closer to 400mm. Not all Race Lites were suspension corrected and this is a '94 frame when both sus and non sus were on offer. Though I'm not certain on this one really, it measures the same as the race which doesn't help me determine anything and I have pics of the bike how it came from the orihinal owner wearing a judy, but it also came with a comp fork (to the 2nd and previous owner.) I think it's not suspension corrected, was sold with the comp fork and the original owner purchased the Judy either when the frame went in for repair or at some point after the original purchase. First year for the Judy was '95, after all.
No one is curving Colnago precisa or yo eddy or steve potts P2 forks yet. Neither accutrax. It´s been debated to exhaustion to no conclusion by roadies who are very sensitive to how their forks behave. The only way to know for sure if frame is corrected or not for susp is to measure BB drop then compare to the geo diagram; no builder messed w/bb drop. To my eyes i see too much drop and a seat angle that´s too steep but i am looking at a picture. If it was my bike i would try a longer fork, a Judy or Marzocchi z2 bomber. The bonty addicts i know swear by the bomber on their race lites. This bike was tuned for front susp: it´s geometry throws a lot weight up on arms and front wheel. Keith Bontrager was part of developing of the first RS fork and his crown is right there since the beginning. He tuned mag 21s for his bikes removing seals and adding a crown that made for less rake.
