[OrthoPT]

Have you ever seen Sheldon Brown's Thorn?

OMFG! Where's the Incredibell and the light system?

 

[LordOpie]

Insane!

Why don't all bikes mount the front brake that way?

Also, with cantis, do those brake-booster horseshoe-looking things work?

 

[r464]

Click HERE to read all about the Thorn if you want to know what all is happening there

 

[OrthoPT]

Also, with cantis, do those brake-booster horseshoe-looking things work?

Yuppers, the brake boosters reinforce the brake posts so they don't bend so much when the brake is applied; yes they work quite well.

 

[ire]

Have you ever seen Sheldon Brown's Thorn?

OMG! That is the ugliest thing I have ever seen!!!!!

 

[OrthoPT]

too bad it didn't come in Rootbeer. Looks flexy.

 

[sanjuro]

Well, I got into an argument about this one a few months back. Sheldon Brown settled it for me with a pic of 5 inches of alu/steel steerer sticking out.

 

[-dustin]

so how does this affect headset bearings?