I didn't realise that the Sunn was so expensive, the price on the now defunct CRC page was under £600. The Genesis Fortitude looks great but isn't cheap.
If I was buying a frame and fork package again I'd seriously be looking at the Singular Hummingbird. If you can live with an eccentric bottom bracket the last few large frames/forks are just £260!!
As it is, I built this:
A Pipedream Sirius with Orange F8 forks.
jp-t853 - MemberI ride a rigid bike but like others it is a carbon forked one
My HJ looks very similar. Small with Exotic carbon forks. Absolute hoot to ride. Get battered following the full sus guys. Worth it though, oh yes.
Man, that is nice. Unfortunately at 5'6" I might struggle with the sizes 
awwww shucks Pedalhead, you're too kind. I've gone all red in the face now!
see, all you need to do is turn up in the middle of a night ride with a trailer full of beer & the compliments will flow... 
Taken on my first ride of 2012, no mud,rain,wind,sleet,snow,ice,walkers bliss!
01/01/12
Pjay, how are those orange f8s compared to on-one chromo rigids?
I'm currently riding a Cotic Soda with Whyte carbon forks. Absolutely superb and 'lite' with 1x9. http://www.flickr.com/photos/74185725@N07/6685549373/in/set-72157628840969953/lightbox/
Flew round the Strathpuffer course. 18hrs 'solid' (no pun intended).
Might even try 'viagra' as a sponsor 
I used an Orange F8 fork for a year or so.. I found that it definitely had some compliance to it.. almost to the point of seeming flexy but that could have been the shonky hub I was using at the time..
From what people say about on-one cromo forks I would say the Orange F8s are the opposite end of the spectrum.. quite a long A-C though.. but that's the modern geo you wanted..
it couldn't quite cope with pebblebed heath.. well it could.. but I had to learn to slide sideways round fast corners and sometimes down steep pebbly slopes too.. which looking back on it was ace..
I put a suspension fork back on when I moved house and was riding gnarly stuff more regularly.. My old F8 is about to be put back into service on Mrs Yunki's Kona to replace the heavy cheapy sus fork that it was sold with..
My first ride as a geared rigid bike!
Exotic forks, no movement at all and really enjoyed the bike!
tk46hal that looks nice, what size is it?
16" frame, but has a long top tube. Good for 5-7" to 6.00
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