My primary commuter ride is a Scattante XRL cross frameset that I built up with a mix of parts bin, Ebay and other stuff. I've been riding it to work every day since April and have been generally very happy with it. One major issue I discovered as soon as I got it out on the road was that using the front brake with any amount of force resulted in an immediate and violent oscillation of the front wheel and fork. Enough to shake me right off of the handlebars. Since most of your braking force on a bicycle comes from the front brake, this was disconcerting to say the least. It's hard to consider a bike to be "all dialed in" with such a major issue left...
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