Titanium rigid fork for a Kona Hei-Hei??

TI is a fantastic material for many applications...however, standard forks is not one of them.

If this is to be a rider, do yourself a favor and hook up with a nice set of standard P2's and enjoy the control and responsiveness the frame was intended to have.

Your trail experience will be much more rewarding.

cheers,

rody
 
rody":co3ejfev said:
TI is a fantastic material for many applications...however, standard forks is not one of them.

If this is to be a rider, do yourself a favor and hook up with a nice set of standard P2's and enjoy the control and responsiveness the frame was intended to have.

Your trail experience will be much more rewarding.

cheers,

rody
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An interesting opinion, rody

The "standard" is the Cro Mo?

I've ridden. several years ago, with a Cro Mo fork and was very well, but in the dealer have lost the fork and now, for a recreational ride, I've thought in a exclusive set, but surely your idea is better.

Anyone has the same opinion?
 
I've had a set of Ti rigid forks before, and even under my 11 stone they were far too flexy / compliant - they made the bike really hard to control.
 
I now have a mental image, having not ridden a ti fork, that it is the complete opposite to the original 531 RC30, which I have ridden..
 
Those taiwanese ti forks I stuck on the Fat Ti flexed like mad. Unless the forks are overbuilt and use a lot of material I think your done for...

Get the cro mo ones and at least you get to keep your teeth!
 
gump":1braih57 said:
I now have a mental image, having not ridden a ti fork, that it is the complete opposite to the original 531 RC30, which I have ridden..
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if you can find a not broken klein attitude/adroit fork, ride 1 of those. did the sheepstor/ burrator loop (you must have done that route gump?) on a fully rigid attitude, like hanging onto a jackhammer :LOL:
 
jez-2-many-bikes":2kv4zwb6 said:
Those taiwanese ti forks I stuck on the Fat Ti flexed like mad. Unless the forks are overbuilt and use a lot of material I think your done for...

Get the cro mo ones and at least you get to keep your teeth!
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are the kona ti forks the same dimensions? IE leg diameter?
the litespeed ti forks should be fairly stiff? (essentially a copy of the tange struts.. er.. which came first?) they were a fairly large diameter fork leg.
 
seems that kona recommend the steel one too..


sorry, really big, but nice! :D
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ashok
 
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