Howdy y’all. This is Logan, my low trail rando/gravel/underbike project. It’s a 4th gen Wolverine with the 2nd gen Champs Elysses Disc fork and a real grab bag of interesting components. The bike was built by Golden Saddle (RIP) during covid and I’ve been riding it casually for a couple years now so I wanted to share my build and solicit questions and feedback from the bike fam. It been used exclusively unloaded, partially because I was curious how that would work, and because I haven’t done any long rides since I got fat 😔. Anyway, hope you like it. -EB
(Full disclosure I personally designed the original prototypes for the frame and fork and sold my soul to get them produced, but as of today I’ve been out of the bike game for some time and I’m not on speaking terms with anybody over there so I think I can be pretty objective here. In all honesty I’m mainly interested to know if anybody else has used these forks and what their experiences were like riding them.)
by ResistDirect2537
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That’s a really crap photo. Sorry here’s some better ones.
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Yeah, the fukin dropouts
what was the design inspiration for the wolverine frame and champs elysses fork, and what other bike(s) have you designed?
the only thing that bothers me about this frame is the chunky headtube — I guess it’s to accomodate a fork with tapered steerer, as with Black Mountain’s Mod Zero. I like the way most Ritchey frames still use the skinny headtube for a straight steerer. He claims it’s for compliance, but I think it looks more proportional. De gustibus…
It’s a pretty bike. You did a great job.
I’m not a fan of curved forks, but at least this fork has the curve setup to be useful as a compliance point. I prefer Bauhaus German design and straight lines.
The big loopy cables are also not my style. It reminds me of the giant cb radio antennas that people would add to their car or a fishing pole with a loose line.
I prefer to hide cables as much as possible. At least they’re black.