OCD Q: 3 bolt forks or not!

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redefined_cycles
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OCD Q: 3 bolt forks or not!

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Getting some Travers Boost Prongs (EVO I'll have you know) and the only reason to go for the 3 bolt versions is to try and get em holding their value. I'll most likely not be attaching anything to the fork legs...

Any equally obsessive folks on here like to share thier thoughts and processes please... :sad:
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Re: OCD Q: 3 bolt forks or not!

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I personally try to only buy things I actually want and plan to keep for ever, or at least a very long time.

Buying something I don't want (or with features I don't need) to please a potential future owner wouldn't even cross my mind
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Re: OCD Q: 3 bolt forks or not!

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Johnallan wrote: Tue May 24, 2022 5:34 pm I personally try to only buy things I actually want and plan to keep for ever, or at least a very long time.

Buying something I don't want (or with features I don't need) to please a potential future owner wouldn't even cross my mind
That.

See also; long steerers, hoses and cables. Just cut them to size, sod this "easier to sell" nonsense.
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Re: OCD Q: 3 bolt forks or not!

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What do you have to lose by having them? They provide an option you wouldn't otherwise have ... what's not to like?
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Re: OCD Q: 3 bolt forks or not!

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Bearbonesnorm wrote: Tue May 24, 2022 6:35 pm What do you have to lose by having them? They provide an option you wouldn't otherwise have ... what's not to like?
Added weight? :wink: :lol:
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Re: OCD Q: 3 bolt forks or not!

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Added weight?
Give over, 6 M5 holes must be at least a gram :wink:
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Re: OCD Q: 3 bolt forks or not!

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What do you have to lose by having them? They provide an option you wouldn't otherwise have ... what's not to like?
The unsmooth look Stu and the thought in the head that 'maybe I should use them'. But you have a point.
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Re: OCD Q: 3 bolt forks or not!

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Bearbonesnorm wrote: Tue May 24, 2022 8:09 pm
Added weight?
Give over, 6 M5 holes must be at least a gram :wink:
How's that lightweight carbon pole coming along? :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Re: OCD Q: 3 bolt forks or not!

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fucking heck, i am having a meltdown now. my firestarters have got at least twelvty bolts................ :o :o

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Re: OCD Q: 3 bolt forks or not!

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ScotRoutes wrote: Tue May 24, 2022 6:29 pm
Johnallan wrote: Tue May 24, 2022 5:34 pm I personally try to only buy things I actually want and plan to keep for ever, or at least a very long time.

Buying something I don't want (or with features I don't need) to please a potential future owner wouldn't even cross my mind
That.

See also; long steerers, hoses and cables. Just cut them to size, sod this "easier to sell" nonsense.
I leave steerers and hoses a bit long as I have a habit of moving stuff from bike to bike
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Re: OCD Q: 3 bolt forks or not!

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FLV wrote: Thu May 26, 2022 6:58 pm
ScotRoutes wrote: Tue May 24, 2022 6:29 pm
Johnallan wrote: Tue May 24, 2022 5:34 pm I personally try to only buy things I actually want and plan to keep for ever, or at least a very long time.

Buying something I don't want (or with features I don't need) to please a potential future owner wouldn't even cross my mind
That.

See also; long steerers, hoses and cables. Just cut them to size, sod this "easier to sell" nonsense.
I leave steerers and hoses a bit long as I have a habit of moving stuff from bike to bike
I have ludicrously long hoses and cables on my Pact but that's because I swapped out the Jones bars and I'm a lazy sod! :lol:
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