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- From: ehouse@Apple.COM (Eric House)
- Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech
- Subject: Re: EMS Fork?
- Message-ID: <77516@apple.apple.COM>
- Date: 25 Jan 93 17:27:27 GMT
- References: <93021.123952TOM@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU>
- Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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- In article <93021.123952TOM@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU> TOM@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU writes:
- >Greg LeMond said last year that the EMS fork was the best he had tried. I saw
- >one for sale at a bike shop for $275, which I thought was a bit high to pay
- >for a fork. I notice these expensive forks are made by Kestrel, used on their
- >one-piece carbon frame. Has anyone used this fork with a steel bike? Or
- >comments on the EMS fork in general?
-
- I've heard great things about it -- including from a guy I met yesterday
- who wore out a Kestrel in three years, and who had a friend who went through
- three before giving up. Though the first guy wouldn't dream of owning a
- Kestrel again (he's bought a Merlin, which he says is better in every way,
- and is so disinterested in Kestrel that he hasn't even looked into getting
- warranty service), he wishes he had an EMS fork on the Merlin.
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- Eric House "My employer doesn't share its opinions with
- RAAM in '93? me, so I can share only mine with you"
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