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Submitted by
Mister Ajero
a Weekend Warrior
from San Francisco
Date Reviewed: September 15, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | Golden Gate Park | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$114.00 | | Purchased At: | Airbomb.com | | Strengths: | My stock 97 Judys had to go. Switched to Rigid Maxlight since my MTB is evolving into a commuter. It's everything I expected. Affordable, less effort climbing, much better acceleration, stable handling, and no power loss. Good for feel riders. I am not bothered by bumpy pavement or rookie trails. | | Weaknesses: | It takes a few extra skewer rotations to get the wheel off. It's pretty annoying. It does look a little funny at first with a fat Klein Frame, skinny fork legs, and fat tires. Like a fat guy with skinny legs and big feet. But I got over it. | | Similar Products Used: | Forks on my 20" BMX Bikes; SE Racing Landing Gear | | Bike Setup: | 1997 Klein Attitude Race. XT. All stock except WTB Seat, WTB All Terrainasauras tires, Kore Stem, King Patriot Headset, and Kinesis Maxlight fork. | | Bottom Line: | A must for light XC riders and commuters. It's getting an overall rating of 4 because my wheel used to come off easier. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jonathan Grayson
a
from Apache Junction,AZ
Date Reviewed: September 19, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | The ones I can ride | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Purchased At: | 130.00 | | Strengths: | Nice looking,Light as a feather,Well made. | | Weaknesses: | None | | Bike Setup: | Trek 6700 Avid mag brakes and levers,Thomsom seatpost,Sram rocket shifters,Terry saddle,LX shimano drivetrain | | Bottom Line: | Very nice fork but I'm only using it on a hybrid street bike.I'm not sure how it would hold up on the trails.Maybe someone could fill in that part of the review | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Clay Holt
a Cross Country Rider
from Yuma
Date Reviewed: August 25, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | Anywhere Shadey | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$150.00 | | Purchased At: | Two wheel transportation | | Strengths: | Light-weight,good-looks,apparent-high quality,and toughness!! | | Weaknesses: | Apparent lack of quality controll as the steering tube was stuck in the crown at an angle,(as the leaning tower of pisa)the rest of fork is prefect though,except for the fact that shock is transfered to my wrists abet more directly than with a cro-mo fork or Ti or carbon-fiber(If they made them) | | Similar Products Used: | cro-mo rigid,sx-r suspension | | Bike Setup: | cad1 was really nice 19.25lbs and getting lighter until I realized my frame was twisted and fork slanted now I'm pulling my goodies off and swapping in junk,to save for a new deal. | | Bottom Line: | The kinesis max-light fork as far as I've been able to assertain is the seconed lightest rigid mountian fork availible.(next to the marazec-moratti)and the best looking as the crown on the marazec I consider unattractive.I'm the hoping that the steering tube being bonded to the crown off-center to the right is the exception rather than the rule.as I plan to use anouther one on my next bike,also the drop-outs could have been the same width-thickness,but the welds are nice,and the blades are straight with the crown and brake bosses.as I've said I plan to use anouther one on my next bike,at least untill I can get something better,I'm hoping "Wound-up" will wind-up production of a rigid mountain fork simular to their cyclo-cross fork because in the "real-world" road-bikes are dangerous and suspension bikes are slow!!!!!!(I also have a have a very nice hard-tail that I wouldn't be caught riding in the rocks-dirt with-out it (at least not real fast anyway))
Bottom-line the Kinesis is probibly the best-lightest rigid fork for a mountain bike I've seen but the quality is going to cost them,a point on value and proformance,I'd be willing to pay a lot more for a better piece as I ride a rigid bike respectable distances on a daily basis and the rigid bike deserves its day in the sun, or whatever, (if anyone form "Wound-up" or outher carbon-Ti or fork maker id pay $350.00+ for a good fork)
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Submitted by
Big Al
a weekend warrior
from Seattle
Date Reviewed: September 1, 1997 | | Bottom Line: |
I'm in the process of building up a Klein Fervor with the Kinesis fork. I'm looking to build a lightweight rig and am pretty impressed with the weight difference between the Kinesis and the stock rigid fork from Klein. It's about a half a pound lighter. Looking forward to riding it. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Tom Kenney
a cross-country rider
from Reseda, CA
Date Reviewed: August 26, 1997 | | Bottom Line: |
The Kinesis MTB fork is extremely light, which made me wonder about it's durability. Well,
after a couple of years' use, it seems to be holding up well. It is also much stiffer than the steel
forks I've tried (including the AccuTrax), which makes handling a dream. I've got the
threadless model, which I'm using on a Klein Pinnacle, with a Syncros CattheHead stem. The
whole setup is very nice!Also, the fork has rack-mount holes, and works quite well with a loaded rack. | | Overall Rating: |
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