| Rating: |  | Friday, March 14, 2008 |
Chris a Roadie from Cambridge, Ohio Usa writes:
I have like this fork. It has been comfy on the longer rides I have take, and it has been trouble-free. The one rider with misaligned disc tabs must have gotten a particularly unusual example. For less than $30, you cannot possibly go wrong here.
Product Used For: 3 Months
Product Strengths:This fork seems to absorb bumps pretty well, my disc brake tabs lined up fine, unlike the one other rider. The for DOES include rack/fender mounts, as does the Zion 660 frame, even if the frame only has one side, slot-type rack mounts. I have had no issues with flex, I am 150 pounds, though.
Product Weaknesses:You can't use the left-side rack mount for a fender because the disc brake caliper gets in the way. Fenders stays still get zip-tyed to the frame on one side.
My Bike:Cyclocross/xc/commuter bike. Zion 660 frame with road bars.
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| Rating: | | Wednesday, November 07, 2007 |
Luke a XC Rider from Washington, Ut United States writes:
No problems at all. The disc tabs lined up perfectly. Looks nice (except for the logo, which isn't that bad). Tracks well, stiff, light, an all around good fork, especially for the price.
Product Used For: 1 Month
Product Strengths:A great fork for the price. Steel. Clean looking. Good paint so far, Disc mount lined up perfectly. Good height.
Product Weaknesses:Nothing really bad. I guess the "Zion" logo could be a little smaller, less obtrusive.
My Bike:Aluminum mountain bike.
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| Rating: |  | Monday, January 22, 2007 |
Philip a XC Rider from Kodiak, Ak United States writes:
A cheap fork and fine for commuting, but I would not want one of these for offroad. The flex is really excessive and the alignment of the disc brake tab is pretty lame. I should not have to dremel a new fork's tab to keep the rotor from grinding on the roof of the caliper's rotor slot. The saving grace is the axle to crown length that maintains the geometry of frames designed around 100mm travel forks. For the same price, the Dimension rigid fork is a much stiffer and stouter unit with good paint an no alignment issues, though it is shorter. I have one of those on an Azonic DS-1.
Product Used For: 3 Months
Product Strengths:A relatively inexpensive fork that gets the job done. The axle to crown length is generous and is more in line with today's longer travel suspension forks, so when you put one of these on your bike, it does not lower the front end and make the geometry steep like many rigid forks can.
Product Weaknesses:Flex. I have a few rigid forks on townie bikes for commuting, and these things are by far the most flexy. The paint is also pretty poor quality (wet paint, not powdercoated it seems). It chips off pretty easily. The disc brake tab is also not welded on very straight. I had to put a different number of shims between the upper and lower holes to space the caliper straight and parallel with the rotor. I also had to dremel out a bit of the holes to raise the caliper so the rotor would not scrape the roof of the caliper slot. The tab was welded on crooked and a mm or two too low. I have two of these forks, and only one had serious tab alignment problems, so it may have been a limited issue.
My Bike:I have one on a Kona Scrap and one on a Kona Cowan. Both hardtails, set up for commuting as single speeds.
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