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Message: <blockquote data-quote="OldPete" data-source="post: 61301">Lord have mercy! I did not say the baby was fugly. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />I can see now that the forks were not drilled...OK.Yes, loading up the front end is very important and hard to do with most single track vehicals of short wheel base.I have riden bicycles as well as motorcycles most of my life but never considered myself a cyclist. A 50 mile day on a pedal bike was always a long day for me.  <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin    :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> Most of the bicycles I've owned were NOT small framed, so I never needed a long seat post. I was told long seat posts can work the frame hard because of the leverage they offer.Small frames also dictate an extended steering stem for a tall rider to stretch out.I'm a very good mechanic and look at the world with a wrench turners eyes.  <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite6" alt=":cool:" title="Cool    :cool:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":cool:" />  No harm was or is meant.</blockquote>