I have some concerns about how it functions during the second half of the package but agreed
in a world of king cage clones, this is why you buy the real deal. you fund the r&d
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On a cargo/kid hauler? I bet he could actually sell them. Pair with a standard cage w/ one of those cargo bottles for use as a trash can.
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Yeah I love the Xtracycle rack bag itās so well designed but goddamn it doesnāt have a wipes dispenser.
Also I donāt ride with wipes on my baby bike and it has bitten me in the ass at least 3 times. Gotta add that to the pack list.
I used to keep a pack in the compartment behind the backrest in the Bullitt box.
Now I just carry a beach towel.
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A non-whiskey/ritchey carbon fork designed for the lines of a steel bike. Iām a fan of his channel with how he presents his design process. I think it looks nice
I guess itās squared off like a pegoretti carbon fork, but leaner with more straight lines
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Pegoretti falz has similar
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I do like the color but Iāve known so many people thru the king factory
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That thing looks like itās gonna break.
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So, as far as old guard parts manufacturers:
Thomson, we hate because of cracking faceplates and Any Rand.
Chris King, we hate because of the plastic part that sucked, and only adapting the metal part after they didnāt have to pay Cane Creek for a patent.
Who else?
(Leave genre-specific folks like Ellsworth for the longer slacker thread.)
Chris king we hate because libertarian capitalist owner wasnāt paying labor industry standard wages - not sure if they are now, anyone want to look up Glassdoor?
Oh thereās also the implement-when-design-patent-expires business plan
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thatās a nice fork and I always appreciate a well-made process video, wonder how the prototype rides compared to a tapered enve or columbus
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I wonder what Chris King himself takes home at the end of the year.
I canāt imagine that heās making a fortune but I could be wrong.
hundreds of thousands of dollars a year
Is CK one of those bike part companies that makes their real money from 'aerospaceā aka military industrial complex?