A few months back I swapped out my 853 Inbred frame for a new R853 Sirius. It's taken a while to get things set up just right but as part of the process, since I do most of my riding on road with the occassional off-road excursion, I decided to go back to a rigid fork. The thing is it's taking me a while to come to terms with the look of the thing. I'm sure it's just a case of it being different and waiting for it to grow on me but there is something about a sus. fork that makes a mountain bike look 'right'.
Anyway, show me your rigid hardtails, I've decided that mine needs a Thomson stem and flat bar to finish it off, but here it is ...









and this


