Forking Around Part 5 – Marzocchi
Marzocchi forks were an easy one to find specs on. Unlike Rock Shox, all of the important details can be found under their support section by selecting your fork and then the ‘Tech’ tab. Easy peasy.
Author: mjmazur
Forking Around Part 4 – Rock Shox
The three previous spec compilations for Fox, Wound Up Composites, and ENVE were pretty straightforward. These three companies, in their brilliance, lay out all of the information needed to understand the effect that their forks will have on bike design. Unfortunately, not all companies choose to make life simple. And, with that, it’s time to…
Forking Around Part 3 – Enve Forks
Once again, I’m trying to dig up specs on different road forks to make a design recommendation to a customer. Although I’m fond of Wound Up Composites forks, I know that they may not be everyone’s cup of tea. So, the table below provides specifications for the 4 models of forks that ENVE currently lists…
Forking Around Part 2 – Wound Up Composites
Amid my despair, I occasionally stumble across a bright spot in my search for fork specs. In general, it seems that it’s easier to find details on road forks than it is for suspension forks and, to be honest, this is one of the reasons that I like designing road frames. It’s somewhat easier to…
Forking Around Part 1 – Fox Suspension
Fork specs… I suspect that I’m not alone when I say, ‘Arrrgghhh!’ It’s one thing that can really, really piss me off. When trying to understand how a bike is going to handle, it’s important to know more than just the head angle. You need to consider head angle along with the axle-to-crown length and…
Fork U
Fork University, that is. When I’m talking to people about designing a new bike, I always stress the importance of choosing a fork (and tires, for that matter) early in the process. Although it may not seem like a big deal, subtle differences in fork geometry can turn a stable ride into a twitchy nightmare. To…
Bike Shop Build #1
The latest build is a gravel grinder display model. The frame is ‘extra-medium’ in size and is designed around a Wound Up Composite Gravel X fork with a 47mm rake. With a 35mm cyclocross tires running on a disc wheelset, the 72.5/72.5 geometry results in a trail of 60mm which should give a stable ride….
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Custom gravel/touring bike
The idea for this bike was to have something that would have a gravel grinder geometry and run a comfortable 35mm tire. To keep costs under control, we’re using a relatively inexpensive carbon fork with a 45mm rake. And, as we wanted the ride to be a bit more stable, the end design has a 62mm trail….
A new winter/road frame…
The latest frame to be built is a bit of a hybrid road frame. For the most part, the geometry is a pretty standard road geometry. The owner, however, wanted something that he could run a 28mm tire on and not worry about tire rub. The frame that we ended up designing is based on…