THE TRIPLE PLATED FORK CROWN – a real fork crown

When we designed our frames in 2003 the forks posed the first major problem. At the time, there were no alternatives for modern unicrown and suspended forks. Classic rigid forks were almost extinct. In our design we envisioned a 70 mm (2.35”) tire which made it impossible to find an adequate fork. But necessity is the mother of all invention – so we designed our TRIPLE PLATED FORK CROWN. This fork crown lived up to its name and became our trademark, integrating perfectly with our lugged frames in both performance and good looks. Since then, lugged crown forks (where the crown is manufactured by precision casting) experienced a huge comeback, making us trailblazers to a certain extent. Of course this fork and the FAT FRANK balloon tire were not completely new inventions, rather both needed an elaborate development and construction process beeing unusual in that time. The flexibility of the long, double butted fork legs in combination with a large rake and modern balloon tires results in an exemplary symbiosis of comfort and long life.