Complete Forks Buyer’s Guide - 28 Forks Spec’d
FatTony
- May 20 2009
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- 36 comments
Company: Fit Bike Co.
Forks: Blade Lite
MSRP: $114.99
Material: 4130 Chromium Molybdenum
Dropouts: 3/8″ & 14mm
Height: 315mm
Steerer Tube Length: 163mm
Offset: 33mm
Compression Bolt: M10 x P1.25″
Compression Bolt Tool: 6mm Allen wrench/crescent wrench
Colors: Black, gray, sand, and white
Weight: 2.1 lbs.
Why are your forks better than others, or what makes them different from others on the market?
“The Blade Lite is the last fork you will ever buy. 100% 4Q Baked heat-treated, with the exclusive “Fit-Flute” rust proof Steerer tube, and tapered double butted legs for strength and rigidness. This fork comes with a lifetime warranty, and is everything you need and nothing you don’t.” –Dylan Ambrose
Company: Fit Bike Co.
Forks: Shiv
MSRP: $114.99
Material: 4130 Chromium Molybdenum
Dropouts: 3/8″ heat-treated 4130
Height: 315mm
Steerer Tube Length: 163mm
Offset: 30.48mm
Compression Bolt: M10 x P1.25″
Compression Bolt Tool: 6mm Allen wrench
Colors: Black & white
Weight: 1.8 lbs.
Why are your forks better than others, or what makes them different from others on the market?
“The Shiv fork is a 100% 4-Q Baked heat treated fork. The steerer tube features an exclusive “Fit Flute” that adds strength where it is needed most. As well as a built in fork race, and a rust proof coating. The legs are a double butted and tapered to add strength and rigidness while lightening up the forks. This is essentially the Blade Light fork on a diet. Equipped with a lifetime warranty, it doesn’t get much better.” –Dylan Ambrose
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May 20th, 2009 at 9:41 am
ILL PASS HAVE YOU GUY PICKE A WINER FOR THE PEDAL YET
May 20th, 2009 at 11:07 am
don’t buy colony products.there is no warranty they claim cause i painted my forks that i somehow damaged the product.is that why my dropout on my fork broke.i’ve painted every pair of forks i’ve ever owned and they never broke the dropout.there a foreign company if you are not from australia tough luck.i want to add that i had my local bike shop try to get a refund.they said the same lame excuse and the bike shop said they had
May 20th, 2009 at 11:10 am
never heard of something like that and asked me why i didn’t buy from s&m or odyssey’s cause they have the best warranty.
May 20th, 2009 at 1:28 pm
fuck colony. i agree with scam. if you arent going to back your shit up dont pretend like you will.
May 20th, 2009 at 2:12 pm
should have done ody flatland but the flatware is in the works… Ares looks like poo and khe is sketchy but i love it
May 20th, 2009 at 2:16 pm
dude. get the fit shivs. they kick serious ass.
May 20th, 2009 at 8:56 pm
Haha yea or Ride Random Contest #5
May 20th, 2009 at 10:13 pm
nah the blades are wayy better, and more durable
May 20th, 2009 at 10:28 pm
Verde is sweet.
May 20th, 2009 at 11:24 pm
im not really a hack and my verde fork bent like butta meltz laying outside on a hot summer day yo
May 20th, 2009 at 11:35 pm
Kind of funny I was just looking to buy some new forks too haha. Damn I was hoping they would look at the Eastern Hawkeye forks… I was thinking about picking up some of those. I would pick up the Fly Pantera forks but I can’t seem to find them in 14mm axle size… anyone know if they even make them with 14mm drop outs??
May 21st, 2009 at 9:35 am
Actually yes, I was one of the winners for the Colony Pedals.
May 21st, 2009 at 3:37 pm
i have the shivs and the top bolt sucks but the fork is good
May 21st, 2009 at 4:00 pm
the bikes that verde offers are the Vex, Theory, Radia, Luxe Modus
May 21st, 2009 at 6:18 pm
Verde complete bikes:
-Vex
-Theory
-Daria
-Luxe
-Modus
so pick me
May 21st, 2009 at 8:54 pm
Verdes 5 completes are the
Modus
Luxe
Vex
Theory
Radia
May 22nd, 2009 at 12:38 am
pitchforks….fuck taiwan
May 22nd, 2009 at 8:52 am
eastern forks are bad also, idk about the new breed they came out with. but the nitrous forks i had bent in 3 days when i 180′d a 5 stair… i called the bike shop i called it from and they told me that “your not suppost to tricks like that” so i freaked out and called eastern and they sent me the same pair.
the drop outs bent when i did a smith on really waxed ledge, and i went on it smooth, its not like i slamed front heavy or anything
but my friend i ride with has Sunday Morning Forks and says there really solid and amazing for street riding, so im just going to put that out there
May 22nd, 2009 at 10:11 am
Yeah! What they said!
May 22nd, 2009 at 7:11 pm
Don’t buy KHE Cirrus forks, they suck, didn’t last a month. Buy Odyssey or S&M, best things ever.
May 22nd, 2009 at 9:35 pm
You can’t go wrong with Odyssey or S&M forks! Time tested and proven! Nuff said.
May 24th, 2009 at 3:57 pm
most of eastern products suck, i had one of there forks it snapped in half while i was landing a 360 on dirt. Their pedal spindle broke on me, handlebars bent to shit. what else wrong can happen with their parts
May 25th, 2009 at 8:26 pm
sick
May 25th, 2009 at 9:45 pm
Verdes 5 completes are the
Modus
Luxe
Vex
Theory
Radia
May 26th, 2009 at 10:22 am
i wouldn’t ever buy eastern products
i’ve broken two frames (one stock, one i got through the warranty)
forks, bars, and the spindle on my cranks
stay awayyy!!!
May 27th, 2009 at 11:19 pm
Completely agree. I don’t trust eastern at all! after two months of light riding i had to replace the driver in my hub, I snaped my medusa sprocket, know a million people who have bent their frames, bent a pair of ultra lite bars. only decent eastern parts are the pedals, but those will tear your legs to shreds. i got the director fork and LOVE IT!
Odyssey is hands down my favorite brand, I love their rims, pedals, forks, hubs, bars, pretty much anything really. I cracked a pair of iPedals but that was after like 6 months of riding.
June 14th, 2009 at 9:43 am
Hello!I am from Russia!I want to know what the best-Odyssey Director or Fit Shiv Fork!?
Fit Shiv Fork was broken or it is very good fork?
August 14th, 2009 at 8:39 pm
vex,theory,radia,luxe,modus.
September 7th, 2009 at 10:16 pm
where they say the pitchfork is better for grinding peg less would they still cover it in the warranty is its grinded to shit?
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