rigid ti fork options?

[Drapoon]

Hi

Looking for a ti fork to stick on the Hei Hei, preferably not suspension adjusted due to the age of frame - anybody got any ideas?

Ti project two's would be lovely but don't come up too often - looking for summit similar in raw ti.

Heres some pics to get the ball rolling

http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/1428134/
http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/1428133/
http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/1428132/

Suggestions welcome!

Martin

 

[stevek]

Black Sheep titanium forks are similar to P2's (as seen here on my King Kahuna, the forks on the Score are On-one ti forks, bit too heavy duty for a Hei Hei?

 

[Drapoon]

Hmmm, yeh I think the one-ones are a little too beefy for the Hei Hei but the Black sheep's look nice.

Whats the turnaround for these? - are the really £220 odd quid as I'm led to believe?!(gulp)


cheers

Martin

 

[stevek]

I'm afraid so fella.

Coupla month turnaround too.

If only I could find some ti P2's with a long enough steerer... some sold on ebay recently but with a tiny steerer tube and I just didn't fancy one of those quill type steerer extenders.

Still, these forks are very nice and quite similar to the P2's.

 

[Drapoon]

Thanks for the info chap

Doesn't seem to be many options especially if I want to get it looking close to original.

Good luck with the ti p2 chase - I'd rather have some disc tabs so if you do find some & the blacksheeps are no longer wanted......
If & when drop me a mail

cheers - thanks for your help


Martin

 

[ededwards]

Just a thought, but what about XACD in China - fabricate all sorts of frames, forks, bars, stems, seatposts etc. I did contact them a while ago (in English) and the prices were very reasonable but I decided against for reasons I can't quite recall.

Anyway, feedback from people who have bought from them is good (just Google 'XACD') and the Setavento frames are just badged up XACDs. Would be a great way to get the forks exactly to your spec at a modest price, especially with the pound-dollar rate.

Website is www.xacd.com.cn



PS The On-One forks above look really good to me

 

[Drapoon]

I have just sent the guys in china an email - I'll see what they have to say. Thanks for the heads up.

I've also sent an email to blacksheep to see if than replicate the original p2.

Martin

 

[N10S]

Black Sheep titanium forks are similar to P2's (as seen here on my King Kahuna, the forks on the Score are On-one ti forks, bit too heavy duty for a Hei Hei?

I second the Black Sheep option. My brother-in-law has been doing a frame building internship with James at Black Sheep and I am thinking about getting a 1" steerer rigid ti fork with the proper length and offset fro my Bontrager Ti-lite. As noted, My brother-in-law said they are really busy this time of year and getting a fork would take a while.

Btw- Nice looking bikes stevek!

Jeff

 

[xxejen]

you can visit :

www.skydecomp.com

 

[Drapoon]

Many thanks xxejen!

Nicest forks I have seen so far. I have mailed them

Martin.