|   What about white bro.? any Feedback | Festus
Jan 10, 2004 4:24 PM | | I was looking at White Bro. Vt1.3 it has 130mm adjustable travel and looks pretty solid. Does any body have some feedback?????? I was thinking about using it on my intense 5.5 I ride trail aggressiv.
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| re: What about white bro.? any Feedback | L.T.
Jan 11, 2004 6:56 AM | | I too am looking at White Brothers forks. I have contacted them several times recently with pre-sale support questions and must say they do a great job. I personally spoke with Tim Fry, President/CEO of White Brothers/Ecko and he followed-up with several e-mails with technical/service info.
Every model of fork they have ever manufactured is still servicable and upgradeable to the newer technology. This support means alot to me and why I'm choosing White Brothers forks from now on.
Hope this helps. |
| re: What about white bro.? any Feedback | Festus
Jan 11, 2004 8:17 AM | | What about the setup diffrent spring kits and weight I am looking at the VT1.3
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| Eko Sport has White Bros on the upswing, for sure... | f'nætik (aka næstep)
Jan 11, 2004 8:58 AM | | WB QC seemed to be on a disasterous downslide until Eko Sport took over the operation a few years back.
Immediately, Eko's amazing customer service turned WB in the right direction. I've dealt with them before for Total Air support, and customer service has always been their strong suit.
For a good picture of what they're up to, browse the 29"er board, since our choice in forks is limited to White Bros or Marzocchi. I've got their CX-1 using the Total Air internals, but their stuff since then, including the VT you're looking at and the BW series the 29"er crowd rides are a whole new generation of suspension, and it shows.
Their forks are stiff, easy to work on, US made, the newer stuff is remarkably smooth, and Eko customer service is easy to talk to -- none of the BS that Manitou and RS put you through (probably a necessity due to the volume they handle).
The only real obstacle to WB forks is their price, but if you can overcome that, I wouldn't shy away from them just because they're a little guy. |
| Eko Sport has White Bros on the upswing, for sure... | Festus
Jan 11, 2004 10:51 AM | | thanks that helps, |
| I had an older SC 90 that was about 3.7 lb, and although there.. | Bikeless Rider
Jan 11, 2004 2:37 PM | | ...were some things about it I didn't like (constant grease packing of the wiper to avoid stiction, frequent overhaul to lube bushings, small damper with limited tunability, and chrome plating bubbling on the stanchion), it was older technology, as many forks had back then. Good to hear they are doing better now, I always thought their customer service was trying to do the right thing, but after Dan and Tom went their separate ways, it left quite a hole in the business. Even still, they were offering things like a custom bushing puller tool to their customers at a pretty good price. I'll look up their site and the new forks, but since my tastes have gone to the light, stiff, and efficient oil bath design of Fox, it's hard to imagine them offering something similar at a competetive price. |
| OK guys, I got on the White Bros site, but when you click on the... | Bikeless Rider
Jan 11, 2004 2:52 PM | | ...mt bike info logo in the lower right corner, nothing happens. Eko Sport only has info on the Englund cartridges, so do I have to call them? |
| Here is some feedback... | Mario
Jan 11, 2004 6:37 PM | | Here is feedback I got from a very reputed person on this board. I will not name him because it is feedback he sent me personnally to my e-mail. Bottom line, I was also looking at the VT1.3 a while back but I have pretty much discarted it now. It's too much of a gamble. You will need an allen wrench to adjust the travel and it seems like they need a lot of maintenance to keep it butter smooth.
Here his the info I got, maybe the person will recognize his writing and provide you more info...
"you don't here too much about White these days, despite the
fact that Ekosport purchased them and has done some postive things. It really does weigh under 4 lbs (I got 3.9 on my scale) which is pretty impressive. It's also quite stiff. I hate to say this since I"m trying to sell it:)....it's an o.k fork, but not great. Who knows though, maybe it just needs a lot of break-in time (I talked to the rep and he seemed to think that was the issue, though I do have a good 10 rides on it). With the compression damping lever all the way off, I can bottom the fork pretty easily in the longest travel setting, yet it seems kind of harsh on rapid hits. If I bump up the compression damping it doesn't bottom easily but seems to loose even more small/rapid bump performance. On slower hits, it seems pretty nice. It's really not bad at all, but definitely not as
plush/smooth as my Talas. The travel adjustment is slow, not something you'd likely do mid-ride. It takes a lot of turns to adjust, and you're pre-loading as you reduce travel (it's VERY stiff in 80mm). I don't think it would be all that hard to fabricate some sort of knob for the travel adjustment." |
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