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The new Acid fork from BSD is about to drop on shops worldwide. This fully heat-treated 4130 chromoly fork features a CNC machined one-piece steerer tube, tapered and butted legs that are designed with more tire clearance for the big 2.40″ tires and investment cast dropouts with a 30mm offset. This fork also has a 7075 aluminum compression cap and an integrated headset race. The Acid fork will be available in black, clear raw, chrome and midnight blue with a weight of 2.4 lb.
Head over to The Merged to get the low down on the new Primo Pro HD fork. This one has a crazy offset that will catch a lot of you off guard. Check it out right here.
Here’s a look at Stevie Churchill’s new signature Stevie fork from Eclat. This fork is made from seamless 4130 chromoly that gets a full-liquid post-weld heat-treatment. The fork also features a fully CNC machined steerer tube, butted legs with plenty of tire clearance for 2.40″ tires and investment cast drop outs for strength. The Stevie fork will be available next month in colors black, chrome and translucent green, a 26mm or 32mm offset and a weight of 36.26 oz.
We caught a sneak peek look at the new Okan fork from Tree Bicycle Co. a few weeks back at Interbike, but it looks like they’re out now! The Okan fork is made from 4130 chromoly and features a 165mm one-piece steerer tube that is CNC machined with radiuses instead of angle cuts to prevent stress cracks in the material, the legs are triple butted with a smaller diameter and thicker tubing for increased strength and the drop outs are large enough to fit the bigger plastic pegs. This for comes with a Tree Headset cap bolt as well. The Okan fork will be available with offsets of 32mm or 25mm and for those front brake lovers out there, Tree will have a 25mm offset version with removable brake mounts available soon as well. The fork weighs in at 31.7 oz. (88g / 32mm), 31 oz. (869g / 25mm) and 32 oz. (898g / 25mm w/ mounts) and comes in black only! You can get a closer look at this fork right here!
It’s pretty clear that over the course of BMX’s history, the level of quality a BMX product has, has improved substantially from the way they are designed all the way through the processes used to create it physically. In that time, the process has been fine tuned so far that now days a few millimeters or a couple of degrees in angle can make a bike ride and feel entirely different than another. There has been a lot of talk lately about how so many products are “the same” and essentially it’s coming down to the marketing of it or whose signature is on it. Which, it’s a fair assumption because there are a lot of products out there using similar materials, geometry, features and processes in creating it. But there are still A LOT of differences and unique, original products being developed all the time.
The other day we were talking to the guys at Wethepeople about some of their new products for 2015 and we got on the topic of Andrew Jackson’s signature Cream fork that in an era where pegs are about as important as a freecoaster to most riders, are designed to not only be pegless but have a unique look that is different than other forks available today. We decided maybe it would be a good idea to take a closer look to really understand just what these differences are. Let’s take a look… Oh and these photos are an exclusive first look at the new colors available for 2015 as well.
Here’s a look at the new version of Sean Pointing’s signature Spork V2 fork from Alone BMX that will be available in a few weeks. This fork is made from post-weld heat-treated 4130 chromoly with a 165mm 1-piece CNC machined steerer tube, legs that are triple butted and taper from 28.6mm to 22.2mm at the bottom, 5mm thick Investment cast drop outs with a 30mm offset and a CNC machined 7075 aluminum top bolt. This fork has clearance for large 2.40″ tires, comes in colors of black or chrome with a weight of 1.88 lbs.
There’s been a lot of innovation going on in BMX lately. It seems like we’ve been seeing a lot of brands putting their efforts into quality and more unique products as of lately versus the constant re-branding catalog parts, which is always a good thing. One focus point we have been seeing in particular is the fork. We’ve been seeing a lot of efforts put into strengthening the fork in some key places with some newer technology being applied to it. A perfect example of this is the new Inceptiv fork from The Shadow Conspiracy which is a completely fresh design compared to their previous options available. Let’s take a closer look to see what makes this new fork so good…
Just spotted this over on The Merged! It looks like Stevie Churchill is working on a signature fork to go along with his new Fireball tires from Eclat! Expect more on these soon!
