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AlvarezMike
a Road Racer
from Date Reviewed: August 22, 2007
Strengths: Inexpensive, sturdy, looks elegant, good responsive handling, some may consider it twitchy, but when you ride an average of 100 miles a day, it just makes you that much more precise, with a little kick to your turns.Weaknesses: Heavy for a "Carbon" fork light for having a steel steertube.Bottom Line: Wow, I didn't realize how long I had used that fork until now, 3 years. I am 130lbs and this fork is bomb proof for me. I took this on some HARSH roads/riding, and its holding up great. At 500 grams its a tank...a somewhat light tank. I recently upgraded to a sub 300 gram fork and this is going to be my track bike upgrade. I am extremely happy with the value and performance of this fork.
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$60.00
Purchased At: Ebay (used)
Similar Products Used: All aluminum racing forks 1 1/8
Easton EC90 SL 1"
Various 1" threaded steel raked forks
Bike Setup: DA/105 Titanium Diamondback 32 spoke open pro rims to DA hubs. One sturdy/light bike!
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andrew love
a Road Racer
from fort collins, co, usaDate Reviewed: May 22, 2000
Strengths: light and absorbs road shock quite wellWeaknesses: rather whippy when riding out of the saddle, didn't like the feel much at all, but I am a 200lb sprinterBottom Line: as indicated earlier I am a big guy who uses my upper body a lot when i sprint, and I was looking for a stiff corner diving fork like the tange steel one I had on my bike before, this wasn't it. There are Carbon forks out there that have fatter blades and are more suited for that, so I replaced it with a kinesis carbon, nice fork, feels like a kestrel ems.. even looks like one. I am a fan of time products in general and really wanted to like the fork, but it wasn't great with my size and style of riding, it would probably would make a smaller person very happy though. Smooth absorption of road shock was its strong point.
Favorite Ride: mead midweek training races
Similar Products Used: kinesis aluminum, several tange prestige steel forks, briefly tried a kestrel EMS and replaced the time fork with a kinesis carbon
Bike Setup: custom steel road bike from a really obscure colorado builder you never heard of, its a track bike with deraileurs basically.. full dura ace
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Jan van Es
a Road Racer
from the NetherlandsDate Reviewed: April 3, 2000
Strengths: Comfortable, but stiff enough for serious road racing
Not overly expensive
Looks: plain, simple, straight
Light for a steel steerer forkWeaknesses: -Bottom Line: A very comfortable and race-worthy fork, especially given its price.
Similar Products Used: Only steel forks plus an early Trek OCLV fork that was much too flexible, resulting in inprecise cornering.
Bike Setup: Gazelle Demax (slooping, oversized and tapered Reynolds 531)
Dura-Ace
Mavic Cosmic Equipe wheels
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