Mountain Bike Forks

Chain Reaction have some great easter bargains including the Marczocchi 55 ATA 2009 forks with a whopping 40% off!! RRP £549.99 but over the easter break they are offering it for an egg smashing price of just £330!
Marzocchi’s built the ultimate all-around performer. It’s more than just an all-mountain fork. This is the [...]

Carbon mountain bike forks are becoming an ever increasing commodity both on aftermarket bikes and production bicycles. Part of the reason is that they average around half of the weight of a bonded aluminum fork and one third of the weight of a steel fork. This difference in weight could have [...]

Now in stock for 2010 is one for the dirt jump, street and BMX crowd – the Fly Bikes Agua Fork.  The Agura sports integrated dropouts that create a stronger and more solid dropout leg junction.  The legs are tripple butted and taped.  The steer tube is also internally and externally CNC machined.

Madison is pleased to announce an agreement to distribute front and rear DT Swiss suspension products in the UK. DT Swiss and Madison will launch their 2010 products to the UK market at IceBike* 2010.
DT Swiss rear suspension was originally introduced in 2001, followed 5 years later by a range of front suspension products [...]

About Marzocchi
Marzocchi was founded by brothers Stefano and Guglielmo Marzocchi in 1949.  They initially manufactured motorcycle forks but have also been manufacturing mountain bike forks for over twenty years.
The aim of the Marzocchi brand is to create a “Fit and Forget” fork where little, or no maintenance is required.
Their forks feature a famous open bath [...]

Lightweight and short travel (usually around 80-100mm), XC forks are typically single crown due to the mild terrain and to save weight so not to make the bike too heavy to rise.
Historically, XC forks will have been spring loaded however the trend is now moving towards air sprung suspension.
The obvious benefits of such a change [...]

Have you ever watched the insanity that can be downhill mountain biking?  Massive drops, huge gap jumps and terrible terrain over a short prtiod of time.  Downhill forks can have massive amounts of travel (10 inches isn’t unhead of) to allow for the stress a DH bike is put under.
Downhill forks are usually coil spring [...]

Big airs, big jumps and big tricks require forks which can take some punishment – forks not designed for this purpose are liable to be damaged, or worse break, causing serious injury to a rider.
A dirt jump (DJ) bike will typically be a hardtail and front suspension, although some riders do still prefer rigid forks.  [...]

Although suspension forks are more and more a common sight on mountain bikes they are by no means the only option left.
For the die hards, those who do not wish to invest in costly suspension or those who prefer something lower maintenance there are still a number of quality rigid forks available on the market.
Hugely [...]