At 05:14 PM 2/2/2010, David Bean wrote:
>I, too, have little first-hand knowledge of Taylors, but the length of the
>fork seems to beg for a bigger [i.e. 27"] wheel, yet it has cantilever
>brakes which look correctly positioned for the tubular. It's very
>inelegant, not at all what I'd expect from the Taylor brothers.
At first glance I assumed cantis = Tourist. Fork would look fine with some fat touring tires and hammered Lefol fenders.
But I don't see any rack tabs at the rear. So maybe Cyclocross? If so, good mud clearance.
Elegant for any application for which cantis are appropriate. As it's set up; not so much.
Mark Stonich;
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