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  • February 23, 2007 at 3:59 am #26105
    BIGANT-DOG
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    I got my forks today. Said “self sell em” got home from work and said aw screw it put em on. put em on and said looks nice, but how will it ride. Well took a quck spin and it feels like a new bike. I am not saying these forks are gonna win races, but farside i gotta admit modern tech is not that bad. I also held a pair of xtr cranks (mtb version) And realized they are really stiff. I am not abondoning my “old schol roots” but i realize that all that is new is not that bad. EXCEPT CLIPS!!!!!!!!!!!

    February 23, 2007 at 4:02 am #40255
    4130forlife
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    ant.. carbon fiber.. think .. its FIBER.. with some crap on it to make the fibers hard.. it has NO place in bmx.. no place

    February 23, 2007 at 4:22 am #40256
    BIGANT-DOG
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    Dude I thought like you did for a long time. But sometimes you have to go with the times. BUt Istill have my 100 percent cr-mo made in the usa robinson.

    February 23, 2007 at 4:26 am #40257
    BIGANT-DOG
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    February 23, 2007 at 4:45 am #40261
    4130forlife
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    haha carbon fiber.. and they are allen bolted together.. ill scoop you off the track when your bike falls apart.. i promise

    February 23, 2007 at 6:44 am #40267
    RaidenHayden
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    Dave, let me explain something, although I do not have any carbon parts on my BMX bike, my road bike is all carbon, now what does that hve to do. Well when I got hit by the car even though my leg took the impact, I had the shop look over the frame, he told me not to worry, and pulled down a ste of carbon forks that were bent, but they weren’t bent on the carbon part, but the alum steerer tube, point is it is VERY strong stuff, I am convinced of it, but no I’m not paying that kind of money for forks, when good ole 4130 is stil availible

    February 23, 2007 at 11:41 am #40270
    BIGANT-DOG
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    I did not pay anything for em. got em n a trade deal.

    February 23, 2007 at 12:49 pm #40272
    paulc
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    Ant,

    You paid something for them, you traded something. Maybe not cash, but you paid for them.

    Used “BMX” carbon fiber parts seems to be risky business in my opinion.

    I hope you don’t pay for them again!

    Paul

    February 23, 2007 at 1:09 pm #40274
    rider1
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    Ant who told you that carbon was weaker. What gave you that idea? The fact is its much stronger. The fork you have is not all carbon. Just the legs. There are many things you dont know about carbon,if you like I would be glad to explain.

    Rich

    February 23, 2007 at 1:36 pm #40277
    BIGANT-DOG
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    I know carbon is not weaker, and to be honest i like to experiment with different things. I will “track test” them tommorow.

    February 23, 2007 at 1:37 pm #40278
    BIGANT-DOG
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    You paid something for them, you traded something. Maybe not cash, but you paid for them.

    Paul i traded a set of brew forks i did not want and he gave me 25 bucks.

    February 23, 2007 at 8:42 pm #40302
    bmiddaugh
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    Yo, Pawson, fix your avatar man, that red x and code beneath your pic is killing me! 😆

    February 23, 2007 at 9:07 pm #40303
    4130forlife
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    how?? i have no idea how to fix that

    February 24, 2007 at 12:12 am #40312
    RaidenHayden
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    Not only that your hosting goes down alot

    February 24, 2007 at 1:08 am #40327
    adamguild
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    How much for a copy of that Debbie Does Dallas on your TV stand???????

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