tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1225246134093731211.post6943038958390932387..comments2023-08-13T05:41:02.420-07:00Comments on The Soma Fab Blog: Curved for ComfortUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1225246134093731211.post-41404051129028119762012-05-28T05:33:04.084-07:002012-05-28T05:33:04.084-07:00I'm a little late to the party, but, like the ...I'm a little late to the party, but, like the commentors above have said, you should really make a low-trail version (or a couple, say, with 60mm and 70mm of rake) of this. There's a growing market for low-trail conversion forks and there aren't currently any real mass-produced options available. They would sell like hot cakes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1225246134093731211.post-50169759004710911502011-09-12T17:52:16.617-07:002011-09-12T17:52:16.617-07:00Another appreciative vintage rider here.
But I&#...Another appreciative vintage rider here. <br /><br />But I'm also desperate for a threaded 1" classic track bend with less rake (38mm)! Surely it makes sense that the same customers who will want classic track forks won't be buying them with modern clunky threadless stems?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1225246134093731211.post-25872309168714443822011-04-20T16:23:52.523-07:002011-04-20T16:23:52.523-07:00Yes, if you make a fork with more rake you'd h...Yes, if you make a fork with more rake you'd have a customer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1225246134093731211.post-86755804877595792122011-04-14T20:06:00.164-07:002011-04-14T20:06:00.164-07:00Yes, low trail fork, please!Yes, low trail fork, please!Mike Mnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1225246134093731211.post-88914413343123012372011-04-13T08:29:02.618-07:002011-04-13T08:29:02.618-07:00If you could offer your forks with different amoun...If you could offer your forks with different amounts of offset, that would be awesome! I'm currently building up a Soma Buena Vista as a 650B city bike, and having more fork rake would make it a great front-hauler!somervillainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13903377050982678550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1225246134093731211.post-49083637876334363932011-04-11T15:28:43.799-07:002011-04-11T15:28:43.799-07:00Seconding the previous Anonymous here: a high-offs...Seconding the previous Anonymous here: a high-offset/low-trail version of the cross/trekking model would be, as Ferris Bueller said, so choice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1225246134093731211.post-8711239674151416442011-04-10T09:51:39.127-07:002011-04-10T09:51:39.127-07:00More offset please!!! Love what you have so far t...More offset please!!! Love what you have so far though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1225246134093731211.post-74775000284572504852011-04-09T10:52:00.105-07:002011-04-09T10:52:00.105-07:00We are doing threadless to start out.
1" is a...We are doing threadless to start out.<br />1" is available only in the 49mm reach road fork and the track fork.somacisconoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1225246134093731211.post-61953341744782917262011-04-08T10:22:57.625-07:002011-04-08T10:22:57.625-07:00Thanks for producing these aesthetically pleasing ...Thanks for producing these aesthetically pleasing and functional forks. <br /><br />It almost makes up for the quil-inator.Andrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04213861566205552677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1225246134093731211.post-39261478670527135762011-04-08T09:59:04.078-07:002011-04-08T09:59:04.078-07:00I LOVE the SOMA steel fork that came with my Doubl...I LOVE the SOMA steel fork that came with my Double Cross. I even put a 29" 2.2" mountain bike tire in and it fit! (barely!) My favorite fork of all time was the Tange Prestige unicrown fork that came with my Mt Tam fillet brazed mtn bike. This was before suspension existed, and I loved watching the fork flex over the bumps. It was always spot on when turning, the flex didn't Velocodgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11461347465806639954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1225246134093731211.post-9219439685093588892011-04-08T08:01:57.895-07:002011-04-08T08:01:57.895-07:00Threadless is better than threaded (yes it is), bu...Threadless is better than threaded (yes it is), but 1 inch would be really nice.spiny normannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1225246134093731211.post-52115127622790815192011-04-08T07:41:31.189-07:002011-04-08T07:41:31.189-07:00Are these available in 1 inch threaded as well?Are these available in 1 inch threaded as well?j.schwartzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05649519059353627133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1225246134093731211.post-38409674993722726762011-04-07T22:42:20.999-07:002011-04-07T22:42:20.999-07:00Awesome. Been looking for something like this for ...Awesome. Been looking for something like this for awhile.<br /><br />Any chance we could get the axle-to-crown measurements on the road 49 and track forks?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com