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Old 12-18-21, 07:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Tourist in MSN
I apparently was not clear. Lynskey sold the frame and also sold separately a fork that was not a Surly fork. I do not recall where Lynskey sourced their fork, that was four years ago.

But I already owned the Surly fork, so I saved $300 by not buying the Lynskey fork and probably another $70 or $80 by using a $10 Tektro rim brake instead of the more expensive disc brake unit.
Sorry, I was referring to MY surly and swapping out the 26” stock fork for a 20” one.

Do you ever wish you had disc brakes, even mechanical ones on YOUR surly fork or do you find the v brakes good enough?
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