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Toshi

butthole powerwashing evangelist
Oct 23, 2001
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i remember when those were brand new.
My original Proflex 550 predated the Girvin fork. It had a Girvin Flexstem instead, and both front and rear were thus "suspended" by entirely undamped little elastomer pucks.

When they released their fancy microcellular elastomer setup I hacked together a retrofit for mine.

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Electric_City

Torture wrench
Apr 14, 2007
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My original Proflex 550 predated the Girvin fork. It had a Girvin Flexstem instead, and both front and rear were thus "suspended" by entirely undamped little elastomer pucks.

When they released their fancy microcellular elastomer setup I hacked together a retrofit for mine.

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I have one of those stems on the shelf with the rainbow stripes on it.
 

Jm_

sled dog's bollocks
Jan 14, 2002
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Whaddya know, another tepid review.

As wonky as they are, I feel like they could gain a serious foothold in the fatbike niche market. The design looks like it would lend itself well for it. There are no real good options for forks there, you either go dinky Bluto or giant 6+lbs Mastedon, but I think any of the shortcomings of the linkage would be easily surpassed and it would be a lot better than the options that currently exist.
 

Jm_

sled dog's bollocks
Jan 14, 2002
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I'm going to find a way to ride a FS fatbike that isn't a bucksaw with a bluto.
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xy9ine

Turbo Monkey
Mar 22, 2004
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vancouver eastside
Whaddya know, another tepid review.

well that was fairly non-complimentary. reviewer seems to know his shit / rides with reasonable pace, so feels somewhat legit. (the rear wheel landing slo-mo looked positively harsh). given the number of promotions trust has been pushing (aggressive sales, trade-ins, financing, etc), it's feeling like they're teetering on the brink of sustainable viability. or rather, most likely hemorrhaging. methinks a v2 that addresses the criticisms will be needed to keep things afloat.
 

wiscodh

Monkey
Jun 21, 2007
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v2 that addresses the criticisms will be needed to keep things afloat.
with there marketing that says the consumer sucks and trust is god? I think they would double down on there crap. Cut off the nose to spite the face type thingy, with the trust team it seems.