scotjonscot

Specifically their 1" center lugged fork, the 1" drop down fork or the chrome aero blade fork. Anyone have any experience with any of these?

https://www.liverydesigngruppe.com/browse/Forks

I'm contemplating replacing my fork. Not that I have any problems with it,(ok, it's a little ugly) (uni-crown on lugged frame is not my favorite look) but I'd like to replace my headset and about the only option(very low stack height) is Tange Levin. Not bad, but kind of heavy. My headset works ok, but is very ugly. Yellowed, cracked white plastic doesn't cut it.(think ivory)

The weights for these are 780grams for the aero, and 840 for the other two.(with 300mm steerer tube- I'll cut it to about 180mm depending on headset)

I also have a Nashbar carbon fork, but I'm not sure I want to go that route. (It would be a couple hundred grams lighter, but what's a few hundred grams?)

Again, the main reason for considering any of this is aesthetic- the stock headset just looks like crap now that I've swapped all the other components. (And I'm not thrilled with the fork)

ftwelder

Pics of white plastic headset and the ugly fork.

Also, where did you find the weights for the forks? That info isn't on the website.

The business seems to be located very close to you. 'save on bundle on shipping!

scotjonscot

The hairline cracks and yellowing don't show up in photos.(lousy camera) The fork isn't so bad, I just prefer the look of a lugged fork crown on a lugged frame. I don't know that there is anything inherently wrong with a unicrown fork. Maybe a tad heavier?


You're right, the weights aren't listed on their site. I emailed them and they sent me the info.
Also they're in CA, I'm in MN.

SJX426 

Nice forks.

Chombi

Unicrown forks don't look too bad as long as the juncture between the steerer tube and the "U" bend on the top of the for is done as clean as possible. Some makers did this with sloppy welds that turned off many bikers.
I suspect that the Unicrown was invented more as a cost saving design to eliminate any sort of crown on the fork. I'd still always prefer a "crowned" fork even if it is full sloping and flush. The rounded, "weak" bent shoulder looks of the unicrowns just does not get me excited about their looks.

Chombi

unworthy1

I'm going to be a terminology nazi and insist that a fork with a crown is not a "lugged" fork, it has a fork crown which is what that piece is called, the frame may (or may not) have lugs.
Mainly I'm baffled by whatever this firm (who build the darn things) were thinking when they wrote; "Classic hand crafted lugged fork with sleek triangle lugs. Featuring double butted construction and track offsets."
That's wrong in so many ways: the fork blades are not double-butted, they might be taper-gauge; the semi-sloping crown is an outer-socketed design with triangle cut-outs or piercings or windows (all acceptable terms); I have no idea what "track offsets" are...could they be forkends? Are they trying to say something about the rake of the blade or speak to the geometry of the fork when installed (such as trail)?
These guys build forks for a living.
Maybe they need to hire copywriters who do that for a living.
But all that aside, the forks (at least the classic models) look pretty nice.

LesterOfPuppets

Rake is often quoted as offset. Not sure why they pluralized it.