I loved the Transition Klunker videos, and being convinced that the actual bike was just a mock up and the whole thing is a joke. I was surprised and thrilled to see the klunkers now listed as on sale. Anyway I showed it to my mate and he reckons that he is going to get a one one [url= http://www.on-one.co.uk/i/q/FOOOCR26DO/on_one_cromo_26er_mtb_fork_disc_only ]rigid fork[/url] and put it on his evo to make a pseudo klunker.
Aside from the arbitrary definition of whether it is a klunker or not, how do you guys think this set up would perform. The on one fork is apparently equivalent to 80mm of travel.
Boo hoo has nobody ever used the On One rigid fork then...
the short fork on a long travel bike will give the opposite feel to a klunker. it'll be fun and twitchy etc but the klunker is a 67 degree head angle rigid - like a supersonic barge, rather than the relatively twitchy 456 with 80mm
from on-one:
150mm fork up front the head angle is 67.3 degrees, the seat angle is 72.8 degrees and the BB drop is 11mm
from klunker
67degree head angle, 68 degree effective seat angle.
I used a 130mm-equivalent exotic rigid fork in a C456 with a slackening headset in, so probably something daft like 65 degrees head angle. Though the materials aren't the klunkiest, more sort of klonky.
For a real klunker feel I guess you'd want longer much longer chainstays, a shorter top tube and a much higher front end, all of which would give you the much more "drifty" feeling. They did have pretty slack headangles, but all the rake in the forks may have made up for that, compared to your the on-one fork, which will have much less rake.