Is this a death fork?
 

I got this fork with a frame I bought-it wasn't the original fork, so it was relegated to the parts bin. It's aluminum, and damn light. Is it a death fork? I'm not sure...
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-c...4/HPIM1055.JPG
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-a...4/HPIM1058.JPG
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-J...4/HPIM1061.JPG
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-t...4/HPIM1064.JPGhttps://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-9...4/HPIM1067.JPG

It doesn't look quite right for that...here is a link at classic rendezvous....
http://www.classicrendezvous.com/Bri...bert_fork.html

To paraphrase Lloyd Bentsen, I have a Death Fork, and your fork sir, is no Death Fork.

No one would call a Death Fork light, either. :)

Here is one.

http://velorama.ru/files/20009/death_fork.png

Uh...noob question. What's a 'death fork'?

Aluminum fork original equipment on British Lamberts and Viscounts I think. The bikes were recalled at one point for a fork replacement.

Yes, they were the solid cast aluminum fork on Lambert and Viscount bikes from the 70s. I rode one for sever years with no trouble and I am not a light weight even then.

Thanks, all.

It might be a "death fork" but it's certainly not a Lambert/Viscount fork.

looks a lot like a Vitus 979 Dural (all aluminum) fork, but might be another model or from another manufacturer that closely copied the Vitus/Bador design.

So, not a "death fork" but maybe a "serious illness" fork. ;)

That's a Vitus 979 aluminum fork...
Thousands of them made throught the 80's and still working perfectly out there........So everyone move on,......"there's nothing to see here"........:rolleyes:

My friend has a fork like that on an early carbon giant. I'm not sure if his is made by Vitus or not.