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Old 10-29-04 | 01:51 PM
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Bikes: 1999 K2 OzM, 2001 Aegis Aro Svelte

Originally Posted by cryogenic
Are those Noleen forks that you two guys are running? I've not seen anything new from them in quite awhile, to be honest. As I recall, they were bought out by K2, or was it vice-versa?
Noleen/Girvin was purchased by ProFlex around 1996 (I think). K2 then bought ProFlex around 1998/1999. The fork line carried on until about 2002. Newer K2s use aftermarket forks. The cross-link forks were excellent cross-country forks and they had enough travel to possibly be considered for light-freeride and light-downhill. However, their main claim to fame was their ultra-precise steering... almost too precise and twitchy for some applications. They tracked as well as a rigid fork.
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