|   Kona Ti P2 forks (discontd) | fishandmtb
Aug 8, 2002 7:53 AM | | does anyone remember who built them for Kona? -zl |
| possibly merlin? | aosty
Aug 8, 2002 8:37 AM | | I'm guessing Merlin because... I _think_ the earliest Hei-Hei's were made by them.
There is a good chance that I'm incorrect. |
| Sandvik made them. | DeeEight
Aug 8, 2002 8:47 AM | | And they were NEVER suspension length, and were discontinued after 1993. |
| they were super-plush, but kinda flexy | club
Aug 8, 2002 10:01 AM | | I rode Joe Murray's ti hardtail with that ti fork on it in Crusty Butt once. If everybody had rigid forks like that, there'd be a much smaller suspension fork market. It was sweet! When I grabbed a handful of front brake at speed, I could look at the fork and literally see it flex backwards maybe an inch, maybe less, but more than other forks. I think he had a 1" steerer back then. History lesson: Fisher developed his 1 1/4" headset not to make a stronger headset, no, he wanted a ti fork with a ti steerer on his Prometheus ti hardtail, and the big diameter steerer was the best way to get the required rigidity in that tube. Still is. Got a ti rigid fork with a 1 1/4" steerer on my ti alpinestars, it doesn't flex hardly at all, and I never wish I had a suspension fork on it. Hell I got a bunch of boinger forks in a box in the garage, incl. some 1 1/4" Manitou steerers, and no desire to "upgrade." |
| they were super-plush, but kinda flexy | zl
Aug 8, 2002 11:15 AM | | thanks for the inputs. really wanted one, but since they were not suspension corrected, then it would not really matter but yes, i heard that they were really sweet. and hence why i was even contemplating going to the source.
now, does anyone know where i can get a really good ti fork? i am looking at the morati but they are kinda steep. i have studied spicer and the aerolite but nobody seems to have tried them and i do not have enough spare cash to take a risk. want something to take the little bumps. :-)
thanks! |
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