Comments on: Rawland 29″er Fork: Quick Review http://twentynineinches.com/2008/10/06/rawland-29er-fork-quick-review/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rawland-29er-fork-quick-review 29er Bike Reviews, Rumors and News Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:51:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Guitar Ted http://twentynineinches.com/2008/10/06/rawland-29er-fork-quick-review/#comment-50713 Guitar Ted Tue, 07 Oct 2008 22:32:56 +0000 http://twentynineinches.com/?p=1442#comment-50713 Hal: You are on the right track as far as mountain bikes go. Of course, that fork style was an older design adapted to mountain biking. It disappeared because the unicrown fork was easier to mass produce and stronger in most cases than a plate crown, or bi-plane fork crown. Probably the single most labor intensive bicycle component ever made was Ross Schaefer's bi-plane crown that was milled out of a single block of steel! Carl H Martens: Those are Ergon Team issue grips with the integrated bar ends modified for use with Grip Shift twisters. :) I have a friend at Ergon that downloaded those to me after he had campaigned them for a year. Hal: You are on the right track as far as mountain bikes go. Of course, that fork style was an older design adapted to mountain biking.

It disappeared because the unicrown fork was easier to mass produce and stronger in most cases than a plate crown, or bi-plane fork crown. Probably the single most labor intensive bicycle component ever made was Ross Schaefer’s bi-plane crown that was milled out of a single block of steel!

Carl H Martens: Those are Ergon Team issue grips with the integrated bar ends modified for use with Grip Shift twisters. :) I have a friend at Ergon that downloaded those to me after he had campaigned them for a year.

]]> By: Carl H. Martens http://twentynineinches.com/2008/10/06/rawland-29er-fork-quick-review/#comment-50711 Carl H. Martens Tue, 07 Oct 2008 21:33:53 +0000 http://twentynineinches.com/?p=1442#comment-50711 What grips/bar ends are on that bike? What grips/bar ends are on that bike?

]]> By: Hal http://twentynineinches.com/2008/10/06/rawland-29er-fork-quick-review/#comment-50680 Hal Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:42:46 +0000 http://twentynineinches.com/?p=1442#comment-50680 Wasn't Tom Ritchey the originator of the bi-plane fork? I know his early 80's mountain bikes sported them as well as those of his imitators (i.e. Specialized). I heard it was more expensive to make, but I wonder if there were other reasons why it disappeared so quickly. Wasn’t Tom Ritchey the originator of the bi-plane fork? I know his early 80′s mountain bikes sported them as well as those of his imitators (i.e. Specialized). I heard it was more expensive to make, but I wonder if there were other reasons why it disappeared so quickly.

]]> By: Guitar Ted http://twentynineinches.com/2008/10/06/rawland-29er-fork-quick-review/#comment-50669 Guitar Ted Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:44:21 +0000 http://twentynineinches.com/?p=1442#comment-50669 Willie: Axle to crown is 465mm and offset is at 44mm. Willie: Axle to crown is 465mm and offset is at 44mm.

]]> By: Willie http://twentynineinches.com/2008/10/06/rawland-29er-fork-quick-review/#comment-50667 Willie Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:40:41 +0000 http://twentynineinches.com/?p=1442#comment-50667 GT-Nice report. What is the axel to crown and the fork off set figures please. GT-Nice report. What is the axel to crown and the fork off set figures please.

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