Reynolds Ouzo Comp

Price Paid:  $0.00

Bike Setup:
Gunnar Street Dog, fixed gear, front and rear brakes, Open Pro rims on D/A track (rear) and Ultegra road (front) hub, carbon handlebars.

Summary:
My Gunnar Street Dog was built by its original owner with the Ouzo Comp. I would have chosen the Gunnar fork myself, but because of the tire clearance, not the quality. The Ouzo Comp is a great fork. It's very comfortable to ride and is just in tune with the light responsive feel of the bike. Construction quality is top notch. Finish is flawless.

Strengths:
Road feel, steering, precision, vibration damping, great looking fork.

Weaknesses:
no clearance for fenders

Similar Products Used:
BSC Profile design

Price Paid:  $0.00

Favorite Ride:
New England's rolling hills

Summary:
I bought this fork on clearance to replace an all carbon Litespeed Real Design fork on a 2004 Firenze. Before the fork change, the bike tended to oscillate two or three times whenever I put a little sideways jolt or shake into the handlebars (rider error/lack of smoothness) while changing hand positions or grabbing a drink of water.

After changing out the RealDesign fork and installing the Reynolds, the shake/shimmy is gone. The new fork also feels a bit sharper and firmer, not as plush.

It also weighs a bit less than the carbon steerer Real Design fork despite having an alloy steerer.

I'm very pleased.

Strengths:
Price - a bit over $100 for discontinued intergrated headset model.

Weaknesses:
None

Price Paid:  $235.00 at Schwab

Favorite Ride:
Triple Bypass

Bike Setup:
Gunnar Roadie - all ultegra, Reynolds fork (soon to be replaced)

Summary:
Purchased this fork for a new Gunnar Roadie frame I built up myself. The quality control is non existent. I can not get the fork to spin freely on the headset bearings. I believe that the tube is slightly misaligned with the fork crown. Because of this the bike wobbles in high speed corners. Also, the brake mounting hole is at least 5 degrees off center. I had to get use a large wrench to force the front brake arms into alignment pretty much ruining a good set of brakes. I am looking for a different fork and will not buy Reynolds again.

Strengths:
Looks good

Weaknesses:
Very poor quality control.

Similar Products Used:
Profile Design BRC (good fork), Gunnar (waterford) steel (excellent fork), Specialized aluminum (good fork)

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Price Paid:  $150.00 at ebay

Bike Setup:
Crammerotti Deda EOM Steel frame, Dura-Ace 9spd, Mavic Cosmos Wheels.

Summary:
Great fork. Tons of vibration dampening and very solid and stable. Tracks very well and provides consistent feed back in corners and on crazy downhill runs. Not the lightest of forks out there but then again it has a aluminum crown and steerer. However, this also means less worry about damaging carbon during set up and adjustment.

I switched from an Easton Carbon fork (EC-70) as was amazed at the improvement in the ride quality.

Strengths:
Solid, predictable, and stable ride characteristics. Good vibration dampening.

Weaknesses:
Non unless you have 2% body fat and can think of no other ways to shed a few grams.

Similar Products Used:
Easton EC70 fork.

Price Paid:  $35.00 at Wellson

Bike Setup:
Mixed components: Shimano 105 (front derailuer), Tiagra (rear derailuer), 105 (brake set and hub), Sante (crankset), Sora (STI), Ritchey Comp (handle bar and stem), Alex rims, Amoeba seat post (carbon), Reynolds Ouzo comp (carbon fork) and Specialized (frame)

Summary:
This product is very great... can soak up bumps on the road. Had used this for training both on sprints and climbs. There are flashy products out there but this Ouzo Comp really rocks...

Strengths:
Light in weight...
Very stiff...
Eye catcher...
Same performance as the Ouzo Pro but at a fraaction of the cost.

Weaknesses:
None so far...

Similar Products Used:
None... my first road machine