Hi all,
I recently bought this weird fork and, provided there's no info about it online (as far as I know) I decided to open this thread and see if anyone knows this contraption.
I know buying something with no references is basicly playing lottery, but this one was really cheap and I have to admit it- I had a certain curiosity to see how this abomination worked. If it does the job, then my old bike will rock again! If not... well, if I'd have paid about the same for such amount of metal in bar stock form.
So, the first thing I noticed about the fork is that, plain and simple, looks massive. Not just massive; absurdly overbuilt. I believe it all started as a joke at Shockworks, which eventually (one day of wild alcoholic enjoyment) became a challenge with money involved, and finally, it happened... it was a cloudy night outside the workshop, the wind howling like a mad wolf, then a lightning struck... and suddenly, it was alive (evil laugh on the background)!
With its 45mm legs & 40mm stanchions, it reminds me of a cut-off monster fork a bit. It weighs aproximately ~2.2kg. I wish all the extra aluminium isn't just for the looks (the example of cheapo asian forks which have dual crowns, yet use stanchions thinner than my pinkie comes to mind).
So let's have a closer look. The steerer tube is aluminium, and the fine grooves may indicate it was turned on a lathe.
The upper crown seems to have been cast in aluminium and then machined all around.
It has the only visible adjustment, what seems to be the typical sag adustment dial (0.3-0.4 turns from side to side).
The crown joining the legs reminds me of the front grill in a SUV.
Quite a few machining time here:
The disc brake boss is machined aluminium billet, too. I would normally think they made it this way so you could remove it when using vbrakes and shave some grams, but I doubt whoever designed this cared about weight (or looks, BTW) really much. Axle & bolts are aluminium too.
The V-brake bosses show a relatively (and unnecesary) intrincate design. Since they can't be removed, I hope I can clamp my wicker basket to them, at least.
The travel must be somewhere between 85-100mm (110mm stanchions lenght with the fork unloaded, from crown to legs). Regarding use... dirt? free? park stroll?
As far as the inner workings go, I believe it's coil+sealed cartridge, but the stickers invite me to think there could be an air valve hidden somewhere... under the cap of the other leg? Who knows! I'll have to find/make a tool to open the cap first.
Regarding test rides... they'll have to wait, I must get a wheel first and it's going to take a while.
Well, let's see if someone has heard of it! The envelope may give some clues...
I recently bought this weird fork and, provided there's no info about it online (as far as I know) I decided to open this thread and see if anyone knows this contraption.
I know buying something with no references is basicly playing lottery, but this one was really cheap and I have to admit it- I had a certain curiosity to see how this abomination worked. If it does the job, then my old bike will rock again! If not... well, if I'd have paid about the same for such amount of metal in bar stock form.
So, the first thing I noticed about the fork is that, plain and simple, looks massive. Not just massive; absurdly overbuilt. I believe it all started as a joke at Shockworks, which eventually (one day of wild alcoholic enjoyment) became a challenge with money involved, and finally, it happened... it was a cloudy night outside the workshop, the wind howling like a mad wolf, then a lightning struck... and suddenly, it was alive (evil laugh on the background)!
With its 45mm legs & 40mm stanchions, it reminds me of a cut-off monster fork a bit. It weighs aproximately ~2.2kg. I wish all the extra aluminium isn't just for the looks (the example of cheapo asian forks which have dual crowns, yet use stanchions thinner than my pinkie comes to mind).
So let's have a closer look. The steerer tube is aluminium, and the fine grooves may indicate it was turned on a lathe.
The upper crown seems to have been cast in aluminium and then machined all around.
It has the only visible adjustment, what seems to be the typical sag adustment dial (0.3-0.4 turns from side to side).
The crown joining the legs reminds me of the front grill in a SUV.
Quite a few machining time here:
The disc brake boss is machined aluminium billet, too. I would normally think they made it this way so you could remove it when using vbrakes and shave some grams, but I doubt whoever designed this cared about weight (or looks, BTW) really much. Axle & bolts are aluminium too.
The V-brake bosses show a relatively (and unnecesary) intrincate design. Since they can't be removed, I hope I can clamp my wicker basket to them, at least.
The travel must be somewhere between 85-100mm (110mm stanchions lenght with the fork unloaded, from crown to legs). Regarding use... dirt? free? park stroll?
As far as the inner workings go, I believe it's coil+sealed cartridge, but the stickers invite me to think there could be an air valve hidden somewhere... under the cap of the other leg? Who knows! I'll have to find/make a tool to open the cap first.
Regarding test rides... they'll have to wait, I must get a wheel first and it's going to take a while.
Well, let's see if someone has heard of it! The envelope may give some clues...