for the discerning bicycle enthusiast
posted by subversion at 4:42 PM
Name: Subversion
Home: Banbury
About Me:
My love of bikes goes way back, as with most folks I started to ride as soon as my lil legs could pedal & I haven't really stopped since. From little kids bikes to BMX to MTB's & road bikes, I've owned & loved them all.
Love the tech side of bicycles & always have to take things apart to see how they work & try & make them better. Made some great friends through bikes & look forward to meeting some more…
4 Comments:
All I can tell you is that the forks are "Bottema skate park forks" made by Jeoff Bottema. I could take a guess at Eddie Fiola on a Torker frame. I think it was only Torkers and Haros (first made my Torker) who had double top tubes back then.
Did Jeff Bottema make any frames or just those forks? never saw the point of the extended fork legs but Ron Wilkerson must have liked it as he used the same on his forks along with the peg boss below axle level which felt 'well different' :-)
Even tho there were quite a few people who made forks that extended below the axle, I heard that the first WAL forks were like that cos Ron got a good deal on 26" forks that were all ready part made. He didnt even cut the bottom off, he just welded the dropouts on higher up!
Haha!! great stuff :D
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