Thread: Suntour forks?
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Old 05-18-13 | 02:21 PM
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Originally Posted by corvuscorvax
The carbon steerer wasn't in 2011 when Bresset was prototyping it, but it was factory-stock in 2012:

http://www.bikeradar.com/mtb/news/ar...ke-2012-35284/

You realize that's how prototyping works, right? You try them out with your race team before you sell them as stock.

In any case, it seems pretty clear here that there was (more than) "a single Suntour part in that fork".
Yeah, I know all about prototyping. Specialized did it with McLaren and Lamborghini did it with Callaway Golf Clubs.
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