Pashley have really jumped the shark ! – Page 2 – Bike Forum

oldfart · 2025-09-02T11:12:06Z

Just when the lines looked as if they were already completely blurred they've invented yet another category. Apparently their new Wild finder offering is a Grountain bike ! It had to happen I suppose, at some point some smart arse in marketing would combine gravel and mountain .Even offered a flat bar version just don't call that a hardtail 🤔 Geo figures are identical to my 2012 HT ? Don't know how to do the linky I'm sure someone on here can .

ampthill

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The fat head tube is only about making a suspension fork an option

Posted : 03/09/2025 4:07 pm

a11y

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Posted by: ampthill

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The fat head tube is only about making a suspension fork an option

44mm headtube not essential, can have tapered with external cups like the Cascade - more elegant when on a thin-tubed frame IMO.

Posted : 03/09/2025 4:27 pm

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can have tapered with external cups like the Cascade

Then you'd complain it was even more similar : )

Posted : 03/09/2025 4:59 pm

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ampthill

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Yes they could use a tapered head tube which of course slows for many coming carbon forks too. For me personally this nothing more elegant about the tapered option

But either way its a bodge for a steel frame with a steel fork. The extra diameter just isn’t needed. There was once a good thread on here about it

Posted : 03/09/2025 5:10 pm

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Posted by: jameso

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can have tapered with external cups like the Cascade

Then you'd complain it was even more similar : )

😀 😆

Posted : 03/09/2025 5:19 pm