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

2 Responses to “2Prong Attack!”

1. John Says:
   May 26th, 2008 at 12:40 am

   $425 USD seems like a lot. Although it certainly does look like a nice fork, and I love the idea of the coating. Why would this be a better purchase over a Ti fork for only slightly more?

2. thylacine Says:
   May 26th, 2008 at 1:24 am

   Our 2Prong fork is much stronger than a Ti fork, and torsionally stiffer as well. All the Ti forks on the market that I’m aware of are either flexier or more expensive. The US made Ti forks are too torsionally flexible because they use the same or smaller diameter legs than our 2Prong forks, which doesn’t account for Ti’s different physical properties. The Chinese and Eastern Bloc Ti forks frankly are scary. Google them and you’ll see what I mean.

   So where does that leave you? You could go the carbon route, but they’re not custom, often in 29er guise have less than optimal geometry, and have pretty much zero crash survivability. Plus they’re not that interesting or exclusive!

   We think the 2Prong is simply not only the best steel fork out there, but the best rigid fork currently available. It’s essentially the same price as an IF or Steve Potts, but has Columbus Nivacrom triple butted legs for super strength, and an industry first Ceraphim ceramic coating which sets it apart from the herd.

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