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Tue, 24 Jan 2006
I put the rigid fork on my bike last nigh. It's a Kona Project 2, previously described
here. I only ride the bike on the road, so I thought I'd replace the
suspension fork with a rigid one, in the interests of lighter weight and more
precise steering. I bought the Kona because it's suspension-corrected,
meaning that it's taller than usual, so it will be the same height as the
suspension fork it's replacing. When I actually measured it, though, the
Kona turned out to still be about an inch shorter than the Manitou suspension
fork it's replacing. That means the handlebars will be about an inch lower,
and the steering angle will be a little quicker. Anyway, I did the swap
pretty easily, and found that the bike fits just fine. If anything, it seems
to be more comfortable, which is odd. I just did a quick test ride around the
block, but I think the bike is ready to ride to Wednesday's hash, which is
located close by. The next change is to install the 53/39 road crankset I
got off eBay recently. Oh, the old fork weighs 1454 grams, as opposed to the
792 grams of the new one. And that's before I cut a couple inches off the
steerer of the new one. So that means I dropped 662 grams, or more than 1
lb 7 oz from the bike. Not bad.
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