What do you guys think of Performance Forte?
03-01-06, 10:40 PM
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What do you guys think of Performance Forte?
I'm thinking about purchasing
https://www.performancebike.com/shop/...TOKEN=21017218
and was wondering what do you all think about this company "Performance Forte". I cant find their website online
https://www.performancebike.com/shop/...TOKEN=21017218
and was wondering what do you all think about this company "Performance Forte". I cant find their website online
03-01-06, 10:46 PM
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You just provided a link to their Web site.
03-01-06, 10:47 PM
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Forte is Performance's house brand. Just rebadged stuff, mostly. Pretty good, all-in-all.
03-01-06, 10:48 PM
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Ok, so its not some cheap no name brand? Its pretty solid. $150 is alot of money to me heh. Has anyone ever used anything from them
03-01-06, 10:54 PM
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i have used the forte carbon seatpost for 2 years on my road bike.
i was very happy. good ****.
i was very happy. good ****.
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03-01-06, 11:20 PM
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I have the Axis forks predecessor, the Allegro. It's a pretty good fork if not the lightest.
It's a good way to convert an old threaded stem up to threadless.
It's a good way to convert an old threaded stem up to threadless.
03-02-06, 01:18 AM
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I've got a Forte Pro SLX saddle that I adore. Also rode a 16-spoke front road wheel of the Performance Forte flavor for a while and liked it quite a bit.
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03-02-06, 05:10 AM
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i'm sure that the ritchey carbon is a higher quality fork but the forte comes with a headset, stem and spaces, if you already have said things(as in you're not converting from threaded to threadless) i would go for the ritchey, i mean i'm sure the headset isn't the best so that might come into consideration, i don't just wanted to point out the forte is a forkset or so it would seem
03-02-06, 05:23 AM
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I no longer buy their house brand products because I've had one too many of them catastrophically fail on me. Most recently, I picked up some LOOK pedal clones in a pinch and had them repeatedly unclip while standing or putting any significant force during the upstroke... this was with the release tension at the highest setting. You can't beat Perfo's pricing deals and discounts, but buyer beware IMO.
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Yeh. Thanks for the replys. The reason I'm buying this is because I want to ride a front brake. I kinda like the look of the Forte fork and I'm 1" threaded non-drilled. So I gotta redo the front (thats why I'm getting the fork, headset, stem, spacers)
03-02-06, 10:30 AM
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i just bought some performance forte bar tape, i'll tell you if its any good later.
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03-02-06, 10:37 AM
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I bought the bar tape once, it's really foamy. Feels kinda nice, but sucks more than usual if it gets wet. More durable than it looks, though.
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I go out of my way to purchase their bar tape. No adhesive, makes re-wrapping much easier, no residue if you take it off. 5 dollars.
03-02-06, 04:02 PM
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economical and solid.
However, with tools, their "spin Doctor" house brand would not be my first choice.
exception: their shop stand is as much as I'll ever need
However, with tools, their "spin Doctor" house brand would not be my first choice.
exception: their shop stand is as much as I'll ever need
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Most of the house brand stuff is pretty good and for the price, can't be beat. I built up parts of my old road bike with supergo stuff which is pretty much the same as the forte and they were great. Aero carbon seatpost, stem, bars. Not the lightest parts but you can't really expect that with those kind of prices.
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Originally Posted by rafi
I go out of my way to purchase their bar tape. No adhesive, makes re-wrapping much easier, no residue if you take it off. 5 dollars.
