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TrailMaker #3 - Black Ops

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Trailmaker Special Forces Series. The Black Ops.

Co-top-ranking member in the Mobile Missions Unit. Humvee, Apache, and Stealth handle sorties/recon. Both Black and Psy Ops stay in the shadows, of course. Out there...somewhere... playing with minds. Declassified photos;







 
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Jig is homemade. DO tabs were heated. Full 1/4" thick CroMo. Way to stiff to just biff. I guess I should go to 5s some day, but I'm pretty happy where I am with 4s too. Next would likely be a 29+FS!
 

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The previous two were the same... in theory. Some deviations due to... um... variations in execution, but -essentially the same. Three main differences. Material, front geo, rear-center.

Tubing is predominantly .028 instead of all .035, resulting in a half pound lighter frame. This one uses the On One carbon fork instead of the Enabler. MUCH lighter, but also 10mm more offset. 68* HT angle instead of 70. Same front center, axle position, and trail. This results in a slighter shorter cockpit. Stays are nearly an inch shorter. That's about it. I considered that enough, what with everything else that is going on.

Shorter cockpit, shorter stays, slacker front, over a pound lighter. I'm interested to see how the On One front geo effects steering. I hope it stays together long enough to find out!
 

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