Author Topic: Affordable forks with 36mm stanchions  (Read 3983 times)

jham

Affordable forks with 36mm stanchions
« on: March 16, 2021, 03:51:57 PM »
ican p9
« Last Edit: May 04, 2022, 07:09:18 PM by jham »



scourge

Re: Affordable forks with 36mm stanchions
« Reply #1 on: March 16, 2021, 06:50:57 PM »
Any links?

carbonazza

Re: Affordable forks with 36mm stanchions
« Reply #2 on: March 17, 2021, 07:09:45 AM »
The suspense is getting intense !

jham

Re: Affordable forks with 36mm stanchions
« Reply #3 on: March 17, 2021, 12:03:12 PM »
couldn't find it
« Last Edit: May 04, 2022, 07:09:51 PM by jham »

carbonazza

Re: Affordable forks with 36mm stanchions
« Reply #4 on: March 17, 2021, 12:25:10 PM »
Not that bad for a made in America fork  :o
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005001935469860.html

jham

Re: Affordable forks with 36mm stanchions
« Reply #5 on: March 17, 2021, 12:56:27 PM »
Interesting..
« Last Edit: May 04, 2022, 07:10:42 PM by jham »

carbonazza

Re: Affordable forks with 36mm stanchions
« Reply #6 on: March 17, 2021, 03:00:55 PM »
Here was a typical way I look at a product:

I see it sold locally.
Then look for it on Aliexpress or Alibaba.
Generally I find it for much less.
And I buy it.
You just need some patience, but they are getting better at it.

For bigger purchase I check with the seller if they have a better shipping condition about taxes.
All rare troubles I got: poor product quality, product lost, mistakes were settled either directly with the buyer or by Aliexpress.

A product with many orders and very positive reviews is almost always good. A little of common sense is needed.
Beware people are entitled to leave a review when they just received the item.
So for longer term reviews, you need to dig in the reviews.
Then check the bad reviews, some are people that try to put their own mistakes on the seller, and some are enlightening.

Now, if you think about it, there is something really wrong and unsustainable in all this.
Everything is built there, and shipped here for nothing.
But there is no point to pay someone here a $300 markup for nothing on a $160 fork either.
As long as it works, I'll do it.

scourge

Re: Affordable forks with 36mm stanchions
« Reply #7 on: March 17, 2021, 05:29:02 PM »
Wait, so this isn't made in the USA? This is a rebranded Chinese fork that is being sold by a US company. Is that correct?

Either way I'm very interested to hear how this fork is. Anyone have any experience with it?

acedeuce802

Re: Affordable forks with 36mm stanchions
« Reply #8 on: March 17, 2021, 07:03:03 PM »
Correct, it's a lot more common than you'd think.  There are times where people will just "drop ship" random parts, where they make a pretty website and use software that will just redirect your order through a seller on Aliexpress and upcharge 200-1000%.  There are other sellers that work with Chinese companies, test out products, offer suggestions and work with them on product development, then sell the best product they can.  The goal is to determine whether a company is just a drop-shipper or more of a true business.  This seems like it's one of the cases where Sixmo just creates a storefront that purchases the item and it'll ship to you from China, but at least they went one step further and had custom decals made.  The website is super basic, there's a claim about long shipping times, and the descriptions read like they aren't a suspension enthusiast.  The word is damper, not dampener, things like that.  I would love to be proved wrong though, but if you wanted to try it out I would guess they are the same product as the Aliexpress link, so just save $350 and order from the source.

scourge

Re: Affordable forks with 36mm stanchions
« Reply #9 on: March 17, 2021, 09:24:29 PM »
I would take a chance on one right now, but the 29inch models are all sold out.

zilcho

Re: Affordable forks with 36mm stanchions
« Reply #10 on: March 17, 2021, 09:32:46 PM »
I like the "Due to high demand all orders ship within 6 weeks" line...so you mean standard AliExpress shipping?

Denis

Re: Affordable forks with 36mm stanchions
« Reply #11 on: March 18, 2021, 01:04:16 AM »
It's fork maquette. Not for proper mtb riding.

Jotegr

Re: Affordable forks with 36mm stanchions
« Reply #12 on: March 18, 2021, 11:07:13 AM »
Unless you're pulling from Aliexpress, there's no way I'd buy a fork from them for 500 USD when that opens up a huge amount of used availability. There's only a couple "do not buy" problems with forks otherwise you can deal with heavily ridden used stuff at worst.

Bajker

Re: Affordable forks with 36mm stanchions
« Reply #13 on: March 18, 2021, 04:47:28 PM »
I'd get the new SR Suntour Durolux EQ over this any day, it's pretty much a top of the line fork for just a little more then this with discounts.

scourge

Re: Affordable forks with 36mm stanchions
« Reply #14 on: March 21, 2021, 12:43:15 PM »
The durolux is amazing, but you can get this fork off aliexpress for under $200. I might give it a chance at that price, if it was in stock.