22 Apr 2008

Ask and ye shall receive - the new Thylacine 2Prong rigid forks are here!

Well, one of them is anyway. They’re custom, so it’s not like we had a boatload of them shipped from China. We teamed up recently with Drew G of Engin Cycles to come up with a segmented fork that we thought was lighter, stronger and betterer than the current crop, and this is the fruit of our loins. Vital Stats of this particular example :

Length : 465mm Axle to Crown (80mm suspension corrected 29er)

Offset : 47mm

Weight : 960g with 8″ steerer and disc tabs

Finish : Thylacine Ceraphim Ceramic in ‘Blue Titanium’

Material : Legs - ø29.4 to ø28.6 Bulge and Triple butted Columbus Nivacrom / 4130 steerer and cross-members

Forks will go out without the steerer ceramic’d as the minute amount of textured coating interferes with the fit of a Chris King compression cap. Normally we’d say ‘get another headset’ but who are we to argue. As all the new 2Prong forks are completely custom, you can opt for Ceraphim, paint or powder at no upcharge. Same with brake options - disc, v, or both incurs no upcharge.

We believe these are arguably the best segmented steel forks you can buy. While most forks you see like this are made from plain ol’ 4130, ours feature much stronger and specially formulated triple butted Nivacrom legs that are thicker and larger diameter at the top (check the photos) to counter bending forces, and thicker at the bottom to counter braking forces. Top this all off with our super hard and superlight Ceraphim ceramic coating and you’ve got a winning combo.

Prices are USD425 plus shipping, and will be available at a reduced price if purchased with a matching frameset.

Posted by warwick @ 5:48 am

10 Apr 2008

Although Thylacine Cycles has been pegged from the beginning as an MTB company predominantly, the goal has never been to actively pigeon-hole ourselves but instead base things on having fun, being different, and designing cool stuff. Like Mixtes, for example! Here’s one we did recently in a very lush candy apple red, with 650b wheels, custom stainless cable guides between the longstays, and simple lines.

Posted by brett @ 9:27 am