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jefseven
a Recreational Rider
from Date Reviewed: January 17, 2011
Strengths: Beautiful, straight, tracks straight, strong. If you're worried about 5 or 10 (or even 20) grams, you might have bigger problems.Weaknesses: causes a lot of jealousy in other ridersBottom Line: I bought this one to replace one that was in a head-on collision causing catastrophic failure of a Mavic Ksyrium SSL front wheel. The person responsible for the accident paid for everything, so instead of "chancing" the older fork, I bought a new one. There were almost negligible signs of stress around the crown, but the impact was enough to split a VERY EXPENSIVE wheel right in two! I was a lot the worse for wear, bruised sternum, torn shoulder muscles, etc., but honestly, I think had I not been reimbursed for the fork, I might have considered continuing riding the old one. I made my own stress tests on it and it bore a LOAD of weight (much more than my own) - without the least signs of weakness anywhere. It has a 1" carbon steerer and I weight about 180#. This one compares favorably to my Colnago fork, although I'll give the Colnago the edge for now. I'm probably making my preference on the rake, which was more "relaxed" with the first W-U, but the new one is a little more aggressive. The Colnago was exactly between the two. I don't have enough miles on it to make a solid determination yet - It usually takes at least 2K miles for me to form any kind of educated opinion. If it has a catastrophic failure, like the one "AINTNOSUCKA" describes, I'll be VERY SURPRISED! I note that he's not a registered reviewer (how hard is THAT to do?) and after what he calls "catastrophic failure" he seems non the less for the wear - he simply did some checking at the LBS's after that! WOW! After riding straight forks, I'll never go back to a curve, either. Not if I can help it! It's beautiful and strong and tracks like a mind-reader - Ok, call me a pollyanna, I'll take it!
Favorite Ride: Hundreds of miles around Lake Nockamixon, PA
Price Paid:
$389.00
Purchased At: Aspire Velotech
Similar Products Used: Kinesis Al
Colnago Flash
Bike Setup: Seven Odonata
Campy Chorus 10 sp Group
Deda Newton stem and handlebars
Selle Italia saddle
Mavic CXP 30 tubulars (usually) or Ksyrium SSL clinchers
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rhanbury
a Commuter
from Date Reviewed: June 26, 2008
Strengths: * will custom make to your requirements
* strong
* stableWeaknesses: * stiff ride
* looks that you love or hate
* quality-control/customer serviceBottom Line: The best thing about these forks was they were one of very few available (custom made in my case) suitable for mudguards/fenders and long drop brakes on my audax/randonee bike, both in the length and in the fittings.
On the upside they are strong and stable, but the ride is too stiff for me - I'm a lightweight (150 lbs) and ride on a lot of broken up the tarmac. Also I wasn't terribly impressed by the quality control or customer service - one of the mudguard mountings was inserted into the steerer leg at the wrong angle. Customer service gave me the wrong dimensions for the crown to steerer distance, and forgot to include the star fangled nut to fit the headset.
Price Paid:
$419.00
Purchased At: Aspire Velotech
Similar Products Used: Steel touring forks
Bike Setup: Setavento titanium, Ultegra
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Walhog King
a Recreational Rider
from Date Reviewed: June 6, 2008
Strengths: Light weight, nice looking fork and the price I paid leaves no room to complain.Weaknesses: Light weight? I weight 230lbs and makes me thinks a bit before I bunny hop the bike.Bottom Line: The fork was stickered with Seven Cycles brand. I assumed it was stock to a Seven cycles road bike. I weighted on my food scale on home and came in less than a pound. It was a carbon steer with alumiun insert.
This fork takes the road vibration out of the bike. I had to check the tire pressure to make sure that it was not deflated. I can see the fork flex under load. It is definetely more flexible than the last carbon fork I had installed.
Favorite Ride: anywhere
Price Paid:
$40.00
Purchased At: Ebay
Similar Products Used: Nashbar carbon fork
Bike Setup: Steamroller frame
Ritchey comp headset
Surly track hub
Bontrager Carbon seatpost
Mavic OpenPro rim
Hellbent low rise bar
Weight: 15.00lbs
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funkdaddy
a Road Racer
from Date Reviewed: May 19, 2005
Strengths: Very strong, predictable, reliable, no problems or degradation in 3 full seasons of heavy usage in cyclocross races and training.Weaknesses: A bit heavy for carbon, limited mud and brake clearance (newer version has a new crown with more clearance)Bottom Line: Actually used (and raced) the '02 Wound-Up CX fork w/ Chromoly steerer. Tough fork, solid performer.
Favorite Ride: Alpine Dam
Price Paid:
$180.00
Purchased At: Sponsor
Similar Products Used: AlphaQ CX fork, Kinesis Aluminum, Steel
Bike Setup: Steel Sycip Crossdresser, Ultegra, Mavic, Rithey WCS
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bike_boy
a Commuter
from Date Reviewed: March 12, 2005
Strengths: Gorgeous, light, good vibration dampening, and comes in a tandem model. Made in cooperation w/ Co-Motion, so the geometry is not changed.Weaknesses: Kinda pricey, but it is carbon.Bottom Line: It's not the only carbon tandem-fork available, but it is one of the most beuatiful bike components ever made. We've been using it for nearly the past year and the bike still feels like a dream. And certainly the fork has a lot to do w/ this. As the captain, I can say that it goes where it is pointed and does an excellant job of dampening road vibration.
Favorite Ride: My 30-mile loop around Chambersburg, PA
Purchased At: LBS
Similar Products Used: None on the tandem. Otherwise, old school OCLV w/ steel steerer tube.
Bike Setup: Stock '03 Co-motion Supremo tandem. DuraAce w/ FSA carbon cranks. Bontrager Race-Lite wheels. Michelan Pro Race 700x25 tires.
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