The X-Fusion Velvet RL2 Mountain Bike Fork has been getting rave reviews. It fits 26" and 27.5" wheels, with travel that can be adjusted from 100-140mm (130mm for 27.5"). It is considered a "bargain" fork at $500, so at this price, it is a steal.
X-Fusion Velvet RL2 Mountain Bike Fork US $195 Shipped @ Lynskey Performance
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No, totally different bargain. This fork is not made by Lynskey. They are just unloading this particular fork for half price.
Lynskey make bike frames, they are famous for their custom titanium frames. X-Fusion make suspension forks for mountain bikes. These are probably forks they had in stock to sell to people that buy the bits and make up their own bike.
Sorry, I'm new to Ozbargain, but can you tell me why this is SPAM? I am not in any way associated with Lynskey. But I am in the process of building a mountain bike, and have been carefully researching prices on all the parts over the internet. The next lowest price I have seen on this fork anywhere in the world is $450 shipped, and I have been looking for a couple of days… I though others may be interested, but perhaps not.
Might be better received if you bundle all the parts you want to post in 1 complete bike post and state why you think this bike you are building is superior value to a comparable one and provide examples?
Cypher that could be a massive complicate post, particularly for people that don't know bike maintenance. Most of the bike manufacturers essentially just do the same thing and buildup their frames using a mix of the same common parts from the same manufacturers. As far as forks go there are a few, Rockshox, Magura, DT Swiss, Marzocchi, Manitou and Fox. X-Fusion are a newer brand that is less well known as the 2 big ones, Rockshox and Fox. Chainreactioncycles in the UK is one of the world's biggest online bike shops and they have these forks at 50% off right now and they are still priced just under $400.
It is quite common for people to scratch around and buildup their own custom bikes, I have made a few. It is a great way to save money, particularly if you are open to some 2nd hand parts in the build. There are often great deals on specific parts and as an OzB i had a ball searching out the best prices for things like brake calipers, deraileurs etc. In terms of why is a custom bike better than a ready made one? I guess it is like a custom anything, you get to choose exactly what goes into every component. This might not make sense to folks that haven't built up a Mountain Bike but I researched mine before building and in the end used a custom thru-axle instead of a skewer to have a stiffer rear end! I used tubeless tyres as well. I had total freedom to buildup any of the things i wanted on the bike! Additionally if something goes wrong on the trail, a lot of the time i have some idea at least how to fix it.
i would be keen to see your bike build list. So far your fork and frame post have piqued my interest! would make for a good forum topic!
Since you seem quite knowledgeable, may I pick your brain with my post below:
If I buy this, can I add it to this?
http://www.bicyclesonline.com.au/polygon-xtrada-5.0-mountain…
Looking to get into mountain biking with a bit of road biking thrown in and this fork may just make this the perfect bike to start off. Right?
@blergmonkeys: Hard to see from the picture but the 2 things I would be worried about would be the head tube, you might need a new headset (bearings etc) to fit the new forks to that frame, and the brake caliper mounts on the back of the fork, you might need a different adapter to mount it to the forks.
Fitting forks can be a bit tricky as you essentially need to measure the steerer tube to length and cut it with a hacksaw. If you stuff up the length you could mess up the whole set of forks. It looks like that frame takes a straight steerer tube and the forks have a straight steerer so should be OK (but I would ask the polygon folks about the steerer tube and headset before buying). There can be some mucking about fitting headset bearings, have a look on youtube there are videos of people doing it to give you an idea of what is required before committing.
Also the forks say they need an internal conversion to 27.5" as they probably come stock ready as 26". I'm not sure what that conversion entails, might want to lookup a youtube video of the process before committing.
This fork will be best for cross country trail riding. It will have a smaqll switch on the top of one of the fork legs (called stanchions) that you can flick to a side to 'Lock-out' the suspension on the forks. This makes road riding more bearable as the compression of the forks riding uphill particularly can sap your energy needlessly. If you want to do road riding this would obviously be able to do it but for any serious road riding you are much much much better off with a road bike!
Incidentally you can do the same thing with a road bike ie find a great deal on a frame/parts and build one up.
That's a bit like saying all the posts for computer parts on OzB should be bundled into a complete build and compared with pre built computers.
It's just not practical to compare with a pre built computer as the custom build is likely to be unique and totally unlike any pre built computer.
A part price is easily compared with the same part from other stores though. And buying new parts as upgrades or as part of a custom build is totally common.
Awesome deal, I bought an X Fusion Slant last year for an MTB build, fork has been great. Marketplace seems to rate the best of breed at the moment as the Rockshox Pike but they cost locally about $1K, (you can get them from Germany for about $700 I think). If I was doing a build at the moment i would be all over this.
Wow ive been out of the mtb scene for a while these have become really cheap. Last fork i bought was a pace rc41 fighter, which was a steal @ 400GBP. Similar specs to this fork but carbon. How much does this fork weigh?
I pay this much for the whole bike. I obviously don't appreciate quality bikes
And I have paid more than that for shorts!
Pity there is no 29" version!
If I buy this, can I add it to this?
http://www.bicyclesonline.com.au/polygon-xtrada-5.0-mountain…
Looking to get into mountain biking with a bit of road biking thrown in and this fork may just make this the perfect bike. Right?
Also how are you getting it $195 shipped? It's charging $127 for shipping for me.
Perfect bike? That's a whole new can of worms!
Hi there. Both forks use a 1.125" steerer, so you should be able to swap the X-Fusion Velvet for the old fork without having to buy a new headset. The X-Fusion would be a major upgrade for that bike. Just be careful not to damage the crown race when removing it from the old fork. If you are having trouble removing it, have a bike shop do it.
As for shipping costs, I don't know what to tell you. I was not charged for shipping. If they have decided (after shipping to me) that they can't afford to offer free shipping to Australia for this fork, the total cost (~$AUD400) still makes it a good deal, but not a great deal… Chain Reaction Cycles has a couple of good forks available on
clearance for around the same price: http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/au/en/clearance/forks?sor…
as does Action Sports out of Germany: http://www.actionsports.de/en/components/forksrear-shocks/su…
is this bike bargain?